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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841423 | Rear chassis for a grader A road grader having the components or assemblies of a rear counterweight, lights and a bumper. This rear frame should consist of few individual parts, render possible a simple assembly for the rear counterpoise weight and offer sufficient options for building on di... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7347276 | Adjustable garden tool A manual garden tool having an elongate shaft with an actuator rotatably mounted at its lower end, tine(s) mounted to the actuator, and a cam surface at the lower end of the shaft in contact with a surface of each tine such that, as the actuator is rotated between t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7140804 | Concrete stamping apparatus A concrete stamping apparatus includes a roller with a stamp forming its surface, and a receiving portion for rotatably holding the roller. There is also a system for delivering fluid to the roller along its surface, such that it releases easily from the concrete. T... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6722446 | Apparatus for mechanically controlling and eradicating cactus and other succulent plants from farm and ranch pastures and other lands A machine for controlling and eventually eradicating cactus and other succulent plants in farm and ranch pastures and other lands and land uses. This apparatus for mechanically controlling and eradicating cactus and other succulent plants uses a cutter deck on the m... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6454018 | Ground surface debris collection mat A mat for sweeping a surface, formed of grid-like, semi-flexible material. The mat is pulled over the surface to effect the sweeping. The material has open slots (112a,112b) therethrough. The slots have a leading edge and a trailing edge disposed transver... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6419030 | Reversible road scraper A reversible road scraper has two-edged blades that allow the scraper to be pulled in two different directions. The blades can be mounted on springs so that the scraper will not hang up on any objects that could potentially damage the scraper. Also, the s... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6241025 | Aerator A lawn aerator that is attachable to a piece of mechanized lawn care equipment, such as a self-propelled lawn mower, lawn tractor and the like, for aerating a lawn. The lawn aerator includes a frame having first and second opposite ends, with the frame in... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5921324 | Device for clearing and seeding range land The invention comprises an apparatus for clearing range land of sagebrush an other invading non-grazing plant species. The device is adapted to be towed by a tractor, and has a pair of blades arranged in a "V" configuration, with the point of the "V" faci... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5762147 | Tractor front mount for implement attachment and use This invention is a simple, safe, and inexpensive beam structure for tractor forward mounting of a blade (24). A pivot plate (11) is mounted at the tractor lower mid-section. Parallel beams (12) are positioned through the pivot plate (11) and extend beyon... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5690360 | Supplementary weight for a vehicle A supplementary weight for ballasting a vehicle can be adapted to be hooked onto a carrier component. The weight includes an entry opening which is bordered by an upper leg and a lower leg. The upper leg is supported on the carrier component which project... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5680903 | Lawn aerator having tine assemblies spaced along a shaft A lawn aerator has a series of tine assemblies spaced along a driven shaft driven by a motor. Each fine assembly has a plurality of tines for aeration extending in a substantially radial pattern about the driven shaft. The inner tine assemblies along the ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5601145 | Farm implement hillside leveling device A farm implement includes a plurality of equipment heads (such as planter heads) for engaging the earth and a carriage for mounting the heads for movement in a first direction. The equipment heads are kept level when moving in a first direction over terra... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5398769 | Aerator An aerator includes a frame supported on a pair of forward wheels and a pair of rearward wheels. An aerator head is mounted on a pivot frame on the forward end of the aerator frame, the pivot frame mounted to move the aerator head from a disengaged positi... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5156215 | Counterweight assembly for crawler tractor A crawler tractor is disclosed with a counterweight assembly which affords optimum weight distribution and traction for operation on steep slopes and grades. The assembly includes a counterweight body having a shank which is carried by a housing mounted b... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5020602 | Aerator for lawns and the like An aerator for lawns and the like has spiders formed of four identically formed members. Each member has a tine on each end, so four members provide eight tines for the spider. The members are relatively narrow, and filler members at each side of the tine... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5014791 | Lawn aerator There is disclosed a manually powered aeration device having a frame and a removable weight tank which is positioned such that the center of gravity of the weight tank and the aerator cylidner are in substantially vertical alignment.... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4919213 | Garden roller tool with adjustable telescopic arms A garden roller tool is provided having a weighted roller journaled on fork end of a ferrule at proximal end of an elongated handle. In one position the handle is tilted downwardly with the roller elevated applying pressure on an implement of the tool pus... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4899831 | Frontal connection apparatus for tractors Improved tractor frontal three-point connection apparatus with lower links attached to the front bolster at a pivot axis behind the front panelling of the tractor housing and pivotable to positions behind such panelling, the lower links having rear extens... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4884640 | Soil cultivating implements A soil cultivating implement comprising a row of power-drivable, soil working members supported by a hollow frame extending substantially horizontally perpendicular to the implement's intended direct of operative travel to provide selectively upwardly or ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4861069 | Adjustable vehicle counterweight device with cylinder positioning means An adjustable vehicle counterweight device (10) with cylinder positioning means (62). The vehicle counterweight device (10) comprises a frame (16) for being secured to a motor vehicle, such as a tractor (12), and comprises a weight member (14) reciprocata... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4664404 | Tractor rear weight and hitch assembly A weight support assembly for mounting to the rear frame portion of a tractor comprising a first side and second sidewall, and a bottom support plate fixably mounted along the longitudinal sides thereof to the lower portion of respective sidewalls and ext... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4635429 | Windrow yard rake An improved windrow yard rake useful for the raking of leaves, garden debris and the like. The rake has an adjustable drawbar to allow for the angling of the partially cylindrical main rake body so that the accumulated debris will circulate to the outermo... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4558746 | Lawn working implement A lawn working implement having rigid teeth which is towed behind a small tractor or other such apparatus to thatch, sow or work a lawn. The implement is compact and highly maneuverable, yet applies pressure to its rigid tines to work the lawn effectively... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4518047 | Tool bar with slidably insertable ballast block Ballast blocks are located within a tool bar of an agricultural implement to increase its weight. Modular blocks of concrete are inserted into the tool bars and held by end retainers. The blocks are provided with bevels and notches for cooperation with an... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4505338 | Turf conditioning apparatus A turf conditioning apparatus includes a supporting bar suitably attached to a commercial tractor-mower and a netting suspended from it so as to engage the ground surface immediately after the tractor-mower. A chain or like weighted member is attached to ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4502709 | Articulated loader with transversely displaceable counterweight An articulated vehicle with pivoting motion, on which the forward carriage supports a loading shovel for a forklift and the rear carriage a counterweight, at least a portion of the counterweight being displaceably arranged on a rear guide mounted transver... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4492272 | Tillage implement and improved gang assembly therefor A mulch tiller or similar implement having a rigid frame supporting a plurality of forward trash-sizing gang assemblies and rearward plow tools. Spring brackets rockably support the gang asemblies for independent vertical movement with respect to the fram... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4438819 | Rice levee shaper and packer An improved land vehicle for constructing rice levees comprises a unitary, ground contacting roller-wheel assembly surrounded by a frame member. The shape and size of the roller permits the construction of rice levees having the desired shape and dimensio... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4377979 | Conservation tillage row crop planter system The planter includes a number of forward tillage units each followed by an aligned planting unit. Both units are independently mounted by four-bar linkages to the planter frame. Each tillage unit includes a leading banded coulter followed by a pair of rol... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4322094 | Tractor load A weighting device is suspended beneath a tractor and between its wheels to improve the traction of the wheels and the stability of the tractor. The device has the general form of a flat, elongated element with a width substantially less than the spacing ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4299530 | Vehicle with adjustable balance weight A motor vehicle having excavating machinery mounted thereon and having at least two axles, at least one of which is driven, and further including an operator cab, the vehicle having counterweights on each lateral side of the cab, guides for the counterwei... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4217962 | Hydraulically operated grade scraper A soil ripping tooth assembly is pivotally mounted for vertical movement within a horizontally disposed downwardly and forwardly open box frame having a drawbar and drawn by a prime mover having a hydraulic fluid supply system. A scraping blade is connect... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4183158 | Conveyor folding and deflector operation for excavating and loading systems An excavating loading system is disclosed which includes a vehicle with an excavating wheel assembly at the front and a plurality of conveyors toward the rear. The conveyors of the excavating and loading system include cross conveyors and a main conveyor ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4169509 | Combination garden tool with removable weight An improved garden tool comprising an end plate attached to a tubular fitting extending vertically from the substantial center thereof, the tubular fitting being adapted to receive a wooden handle. The end plate itself is cut in plan form to provide a con... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4157119 | Manual grading tool A combination tool having teeth on one side for both loosening and raking soil or material on the surface of ground and having on its opposite side a portion with a substantially flat bottom for smoothing such soil or material in a manual trowel-like acti... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4155408 | Engine driven garden plow for breaking up soil with levers for adjusting plow thereof Apparatus of a dual wheel, engine driven garden plow for breaking up soil, then distributing the soil in rows and plowing out between the rows during the growth of a crop. Such apparatus includes an engine powered tractor, dual wheel front frame construct... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4141302 | Furrow opener and apparatus for no-tillage transplanters and planters A new apparatus for opening furrows in soil is disclosed. Specifically, this apparatus consists of an opening mechanism, a closing mechanism, an automatic seed planting mechanism, an automatic seedling planting mechanism, a driving means, a towing means, ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4102407 | Reforestation tillage mechanism Reforestation tillage mechanism comprising at least one pivotable suspension frame; at least one blade holder shank having a free upper end and being freely pivotable with an intermediate portion thereof in a plane, the main axis of the shank being substa... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4081035 | Tractor with ripper attachment having a combined tool bar and counterweight container A tractor with ripper attachment having a combined tool bar and counterweight container. The tractor is commonly weighted with its mass toward the front thereof, and there is a ripper assembly attached to the rear of the tractor and having a hollow tool b... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4063375 | Conveyor folding and moldboard operation for excavating and loading systems An excavating and loading system is disclosed which includes a vehicle with an excavating wheel assembly at the front and a plurality of conveyors toward the rear. The conveyors of the excavating and loading system include cross conveyors and a main conve... | 12/20/1977 |
