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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110042112 | EARTHWORKING MACHINE An assembly for an earthworking machine includes a head portion, a frame secured to the head portion, a handle assembly, an enclosure which houses at least a portion of a plurality of components for driving the earthworking machine, a first plate secured to a first side... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042111 | RIDING SOD REMOVAL MACHINE A riding sod cutting machine may decrease the manual labor and reduce the possibility of bodily harm at home or in the work place as compared to conventional walk behind sod cutting machines. The riding sod cutting machine may result in greater productivity with less wo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100252286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING AND PICKING UP SOD A method of harvesting and handling sod includes cutting an elongated sod slab and cutting said sod slab into two sod sections, but leaving uncut at least one small sod connection between said two sod sections, thereby to tie together said sod sections in a stack contai... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100193204 | TURF CUTTER/DE-COMPACTOR/TRENCHER An apparatus for cutting turf, for soil de-compacting and for soil drainage and irrigation. The apparatus has a chassis with a ground engaging means, an adjustable working arm having a chassis-engaging end movably mounted on the chassis and a tool-engaging end having me... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20090120655 | Power cup cutter There is provided an improved, simple and effective, powered hole-cutting apparatus, otherwise referred to as a power cup cutter, comprised of a USGA approved cutting cylinder modified with an internal plunger and an elongated threaded rod, whereby the cutting cylinder ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090025945 | Sod harvesting apparatus A sod harvesting apparatus is disclosed. The sod harvesting apparatus comprises at least two different configurations. In at least one configuration, the sod harvesting apparatus is set up to harvest sod from a field. In at least one configuration, the sod harvesting ap... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080236848 | Turf Cutter/De-Compactor/Trencher An apparatus for cutting turf, for soil de-compacting and for soil drainage and irrigation. The apparatus has a chassis with a ground engaging means, an adjustable working arm having a chassis-engaging end movably mounted on the chassis and a tool-engaging end having me... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20070277985 | Vibrating Sod Cutter Attachment For Landscaping Implement A sod cutting arrangement is mounted on a motorized implement, such as a walk-behind compact utility loader. The sod cutting arrangement incorporates a vibrating cutting head that may be driven by a hydraulic motor. A motion limiting arrangement may limit travel of the ... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070181317 | Shift interlock mechanism A shift interlock mechanism for automatically shifting a sod cutter into a low gear when a cutting blade is lowered into the ground and automatically raising the cutting blade when the sod cutter is shifted into a high gear. The mechanism may include a cutting blade lev... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20060185860 | Method and apparatus for harvesting and picking up sod A sod harvester cuts several side-by-side strips of sod, preferably of total width equal to the width of a pallet, and directs the strips up three sets of conveyors arranged in sequence. The first conveyor set runs at or near ground speed; the second conveyor set runs a... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060096764 | Machine for laying sod A machine to facilitate sod laying, having a pair of tracks spaced apart to define an open-ended space between them, with a low platform over each track and a forklift supporting a pallet load of sod or other materials located in the space between the tracks. Persons la... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060070747 | Simple, durable and easy-to-use earthworking machine A sod cutter (10) is disclosed including a frame (12) formed by welding the free edges of mount, frame and end plates (46a, 46b 46c) bent relative to one of two side plates (46) to the corresponding edges of... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060005976 | Grass plantlet harvester The invention provides an apparatus for effectively harvesting juvenile grass sods comprising: (a) a sod cutting mechanism followed by a conveyer which lifts and carries the cut sod up to a box or housing containing at least one rotating cylinder or roller; (b) rotating... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050274530 | SOD roll transfer mechanism A temporary sod roll storage device for a sod harvester. The storage device has a conveyor which can have two laterally spaced belts joined by cross members to define pockets through which the bottoms of the sod rolls can protrude. Alternatively, the conveyor can have a... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050145398 | Garden hoe An embodiment of the invention is a garden hoe with a novel blade to better enable a gardener to perform gardening related tasks. The blade includes two similarly shaped cutting portions engaged in a partially overlapping manner. The hoe according an embodiment of the i... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050016743 | Robotic sod stacker A numerically-controlled robotic manipulator arm mounted to a sod harvester comprises two segments pivotally coupled together. One segment is rotatably coupled to a fixed base on the harvester while the second segment carries a pick-up head which can turn with respect t... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050000705 | Sod pick-up mechanism A sod pick-up mechanism for a sod harvester has in one embodiment a set of hooks mounted on rotatable shafts. The hooks can be rotated through a grid into sod rolls or sod slabs located below the grid, to penetrate the sod rolls or slabs and pin them to the underside of... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050000704 | Method and apparatus for lifting sod from the top Method and apparatus for lifting sod, in which grass blades of the sod are inserted between one or more clamps. The clamps are closed to grip the grass blades and the clamps are then moved, with the sod suspended therefrom, to a desired location. The clamps can if desir... | 01/06/2005 |
