Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4796711 | Apparatus for removing plastic film from raised plant beds An apparatus used in agriculture and more specifically to an apparatus for removing the plastic film cover from raised plant beds in which the edges thereof are tucked under soil placed in overlying relation to the downwardly inclined side edges of the pl... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4777890 | Machine for handling, assembling, laying, watering and pressing sod rolls The machine which is the object of the invention comprises a frame 1 supporting on one side a platform for an operator within whose reach lies another platform 5 bearing rolls 7 of turf and further back a second platform 8 whereas on the left hand side of... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4778011 | Sod undercutting knife An undercutting knife for a sod cutting machine consisting of a blade and a blade holder of essentially equal length. The blade is enclosed by the holder except for the projecting forward edge. The blade is light in weight, may have two cutting edges, and... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4754815 | Sod laying machine A sod laying machine having front rear sections articulated together. A boom on the front section has arms extending forwardly, with gripper arms extending downwardly from the boom to grip a roll of sod. A control roller connected to the boom arms drives ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4632192 | Multiple-unit apparatus for lifting sod A sod cutting unit supports a vibrating sod-cutting blade on a pivot under a platform and driving and control mechanism above the platform, while drawing the platform across a field on a support which allows the platform to pivot around a horizontal axis ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4616713 | Blade adjustment device for sod cutting machine The blade adjustment device of the present invention is used with a sod cutting machine comprising a sod cutting blade, a sod roller positioned in close spaced relation to the blade for cooperating with the blade to sever the sod from the ground, a blade ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4553606 | Sod cutting machine having split undercutting blade A portable sod cutting machine having a light weight tubular frame and a split cutting knife to reduce vibration. The split cutting knife includes two horizontal undercutting blades facing each other and substantially touching each other, and two side cut... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4541491 | Plow A plow has coupling members at its forward side for connection to a multi-point hitch of a tractor. Furrow slicing members at the front form furrow slices which are elevated to furrow turning drums during operation. The furrow slices are turned about thei... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4408666 | Sod handling apparatus An apparatus for handling sod includes a wheeled frame for moving along the ground and a forward frame section which is adapted to receive pallets of sod adjacent thereto. A conveyor is coupled to the frame for transporting pieces of sod between the palle... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4354556 | Turf cutting and rolling apparatus Tractor-mounted apparatus for cutting, rolling and laying turf has parallel side cutters in front of a horizontal bottom cutter for cutting a strip of turf as the tractor advances, the turf strip being wound on a roller on a roller carrier behind the trac... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4142691 | Sod rolling apparatus Apparatus for starting a turn in a strip of sod travelling along a conveyor and for causing the sod to roll up once an end of the strip has been turned, which apparatus is effective on sods of any condition, comprises deflecting means having a scoop to re... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4109729 | Device and method for diverting rolls of sod delivered from conventional sod cutting apparatus The device is pulled behind conventional sod cutting apparatus and includes an angled roller that diverts the various sod rolls sequentially discharged from the apparatus, doing so to one side of the path traversed by the apparatus. The device also includ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4108439 | Sprinkler head locater and marker and method The specification discloses a device and method for marking the position of and for protecting an inground object such as a sprinkler head including a hollow, open-ended tubular member which is adapted to be placed around the object and inserted into the ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4067393 | Method and apparatus for handling and laying strips of sod A sod handling machine similar to fork lift truck which permits the handling of pallets of sod without loss of sod from the pallet, and further includes flotation tires arranged to permit the machine to be used for packing the sod after it has been laid. ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4049060 | Sod cutter Sod cutting apparatus for attachment to an excavating machine such as a backhoe wherein an elongate blade for cutting a surface layer from the earth is positioned substantially parallel to the surface of the earth and at a controlled depth by an appropria... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4029152 | Sod cutting machine with oppositely reciprocating undercutting and side cutting knives A sod cutting machine having an undercutting blade to sever beneath a strip of sod, and a pair of separate side cutting blades, to cut the edges of the sod strip. The undercutting blade is supported by a pair of arms which are reciprocated back and forth ... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4018287 | Sod cutting knife with separate side blades A sod cutting knife having a horizontal undercutting blade, vertical support arms connected to each side of the undercutting blade, and removable side cutting blades mounted at the front of each support arm. The side cutting blades project below the botto... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4015666 | Sod undercutting knife An undercutting knife for a sod cutting machine. The knife has an undercutting blade having a front portion and an upwardly bent rear portion. Connected to the rear portion are two support and guide members, one at each edge of the blade. Each support and... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3982711 | Sod laying machine A sod laying machine has a body portion connected with a pulling vehicle and mounted on an inflated cylindrical ground engaging roller. A plurality of rolls of sod are supported on the body portion rotatably in axial adjacency by a group of freely rotatin... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3951212 | Sod cutter A sod cutter having an annular body with a tapered, sharpened annular cutting edge, a support sleeve and a shaft journaled in the sleeve and projecting into the annular body. The shaft has a external handle thereon and the shaft is movable relative to the... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3946815 | Lawn edging and sod cutting device The present application discloses an invention whereby the common gardening tasks of sod cutting and lawn edging may be performed by a single tool. By providing a structural member of thin cross section and generally rectangular shape with a reinforcing m... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3941265 | Loading apparatus for round bales Apparatus for loading and unloading round bales of hay and other feed comprising a set of lifting forks which lift the bale off the ground and onto the floor of a wagon. The floor is moveable to an inclined plane such that the round bales will roll off th... | 03/02/1976 |
