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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104339 | Automatically engaging coupler with flexible shaft for a seeding machine An agricultural seeding machine, includes a seed hopper, a first frame member carrying a drive shaft, a second frame member carrying a driven shaft, a coupler, and a flexible shaft. The first frame member and the second frame member are foldable relative to each oth... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063166 | Earth grooming device An earth grooming device for attachment to a vehicle includes a rectangular frame having a plurality of teeth secured to the front thereof to form a rake and a scraper blade secured to the rear of the frame. A side rail is attached to each side of the frame with eac... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7033105 | Road paving equipment tire track remover A road paving equipment tire track remover having a pair of blade assemblies, each including a semi-flexible blade with a lower edge and an upper edge. The upper edge is affixed to and shaped by a V-shaped frame so as to create a concave front side of the blade. The... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021397 | Folding furrow roller for the preparation of seed beds A folding furrow roller that facilitates planting operations and optimization of irrigation and drainage with efficient preparation, configuration, and planting of seed beds. A centrally located fixed drum roller supports a pair of hinged outboard drum roller wings ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6691629 | Planter coulter apparatus with hydraulic overload protection An overload protection apparatus for use with a planter apparatus including a coulter bar and coulter/fertilizer units mounted thereto, the coulter bar pivotally mounted to the underside of a wheel supported carrier frame designed for transport in a trans... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684962 | Folding agricultural implement A folding agricultural implement is disclosed having a frame including an inner section, a pair of intermediate sections, and a pair of end sections. The inner section and the end sections of the frame are equipped with lift wheel assemblies including a g... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666155 | Planter with centrally mounted coulter apparatus A planter/fertilizer assembly that can be configured to facilitate either rapid seeding/fertilizing or transport and including an implement bar mounted on a wheel supported carrier frame for rotation between a transport position where the implement bar is... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6647904 | Lockup assembly for a planting unit A planting unit lockup assembly extends between upper and lower links of a parallelogram linkage. A lockup link is pivotally coupled to the upper link and extends downwardly to the lower link. The lockup link is also provided with a slot having a hook. A ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6609574 | Folding support frame An improved toolbar implement is described comprising a main support bar for attachment to a tractor, a pair of folding wings supported on a wheel assembly and connected to the main support bar, and a plurality of ground working tool assemblies attached t... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6415872 | 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... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6371215 | Locking rockshaft for tillage implements A frame for a tillage implement includes a pair of opposing frame sections pivotally connected to a central kingpost for a folding movement between a transversely extending working position and a longitudinally extending transport position. The frame sect... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6336511 | Tillage implement with automatic transport lock release A forwardly folding tillage implement carries a number of ground engaging tools on a tool gang frame disposed to the rear of a carrier frame. A rockshaft is disposed between the carrier frame and the tool gang frame and is movable between four rotated pos... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6321850 | Tillage implement with offset cam for packers A forwardly folding tillage implement carries a number of ground engaging tools on a tool gang frame disposed to the rear of a carrier frame. A rockshaft is disposed between the carrier frame and the tool gang frame and is movable between four rotated pos... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6293354 | Disc unit There is provided a disc unit for mounting a plurality of discs to an outer end of a mouldboard of a grader. The disc unit includes a mounting bracket for securing to a rear face of an outer end portion of the mouldboard. A frame is pivotally mounted on t... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6213220 | Disc plough improvements A disc plow having a stump jump capability. The plow includes a frame and at least one trailing arm secured thereto. The trailing arm supports at least one concave disc thereon. In use, the concave disc attached to the trailing arm has a working position ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209657 | Forward folding tillage implement A forwardly folding tillage implement carries a number of ground engaging tools on a tool gang frame disposed to the rear of a carrier frame. A rockshaft is disposed between the carrier frame and the tool gang frame and is movable between four rotated pos... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202756 | Forwardly folding agricultural planter An agricultural planter is provided with hydraulically operated devices to effect the folding and unfolding of the planter support structure between operative and transport configurations. The planter includes a telescopic hitch apparatus that lengthens a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6012648 | Apparatus and method for locking a spray boom A boom lock assembly is disclosed. The boom lock assembly locks a boom in a boom saddle and includes a lock mounting frame, a boom lock, and a boom lock actuator. The lock mounting frame is attached to the boom saddle frame. The lock mounting frame includ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6003615 | Stacking tool bar including a wing flex structure A stacking tool bar including a wing flex structure is disclosed which includes a main tool bar section having right and left wing sections positioned at the outer ends thereof. Hydraulically operated lift arms are operatively connected to the wing sectio... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5944116 | Apparatus for positioning a work object An apparatus for positioning a work object relative to a primary support between first and second positions, the apparatus having a first mount adapted to be mounted on the work object; a second mount adapted to be mounted on the primary support; a linkin... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5921325 | Low transport height stack fold implement A stack folding implement has a transverse frame that includes a center section and two opposite wing sections half as wide as the center section. Each of the wing sections is connected in a four bar linkage relationship with the center section so that as... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5813473 | Adjustable flip-up disk mountain assembly A disk support bracket assembly including a cross tube bracket and a disk shank support bracket pivotally connected to the cross tube bracket to allow the disk support bracket to pivot between a working position wherein the bracket bottoms against the cro... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5806606 | Hydralic harrow lift A hydraulic harrow lift including a cultivator assembly, a harrow assembly, and a pair of spaced linear harrow arms fixedly coupled at outboard ends thereof to the harrow assembly. The harrow arms further have inboard ends pivotally coupled to the cultiva... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5794712 | Mobile frame A mobile frame (10) for supporting an elongate flexible structure (11) such as a ground working tool assembly, the mobile frame (10) is foldable between a first position in which the elongate flexible structure (11) is supported in a working condition in ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5685245 | Planter unit A planter row unit having a frame with a first unitary rigid plate and structure for attaching a soil engaging component in an operative position on the first unitary rigid plate and first structure cooperating between a towing frame that is movable in a ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5531276 | Flip-up C-shank standard for a cultivator A simple, light-weight C-shank standard is mounted on a bracket which is corner clamped to a rig cross tube on a row crop cultivator. A pin inserted through apertures in the bracket maintains the shank in a preselected field-working attitude. The pin can ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5515929 | Dual disc cultivtor cutaway A dual disc cultivator cutaway (10) is disclosed including a frame (30) pivotally mounted to a cultivator tool bar (14) through a bar mount (22). A spindle (38) is pivotally mounted to the opposite end of the frame (30) and slideably mounts first and seco... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5429195 | Operable coulter frame for farm implements An operable coulter frame is removably mounted on a farm implement of the type having a tool bar with foldable ends. The operable frame includes a central shaft rotatably mounted on the tool bar, and a pair of auxiliary shafts rotatably mounted on the fol... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5168936 | Trailing harrow rotatable to an up-side-down storage position A trailing harrow attachment is pivotally connected to the aft end of support arms for rotation about a transverse axis between a field-working position wherein the harrow tines engage the soil, and a non-operative position wherein the harrow is rotated a... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5165486 | Implement lock-up system with shock-absorbing cushion springs An automatic implement lock-up system with shock absorbing cushion springs for releasably raising and lowering implements mounted to a vehicle. An implement is pivotally attached to a vehicle mounting bracket via an implement support arm. A lock-up bracke... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5129282 | Mechanism for selectively repositioning a farm implement A mechanism for adjusting the height of a farm implement/tool of the type to be carried by a drawing vehicle includes a connector for supporting a farm implement/tool in an operative position. A guide directs sliding movement of the connector selectively ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5054561 | Bracket for attachment of a ground working tool on a tool bar A ground working implement includes a tool bar and a tool element which can be pulled across the ground by its attachment to the tool bar by a bracket and link system. The link comprises a U-shaped arm with a transverse portion parallel to an axis of rota... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5042587 | Tool bar with quick release tool lock A tool bar is provided with rotatable tool carrying sections having a quick release lock.... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4991661 | Lock-up mount apparatus for an earth working tillage tool A lock-up mount apparatus for an earth working tillage tool includes a bracket which is provided for attachment to a toolbar and the bracket has a first, second, third and fourth pin opening therein. A tillage tool, such as a cultivating tine, has an atta... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4896732 | Foldable frame for agricultural rollers An agricultural roller has two or more pivotably connected sections arranged side by side. A central frame has a towing bar pivotably connected to the central frame. The roller has roller sections (4, 6) on either side of the central frame (8) and transpo... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4813489 | Foldable packer harrow implement An agricultural implement useful to prepare the ground before or after a seeding operation includes a number of soil packer units which are directly coupled to transversely extending tool bars or frame members ahead of respective, trailing harrow sections... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4784524 | Railroad cable laying apparatus with plow blade support and dual plow tethering An apparatus for holding the plow blade of a railroad car-mounted cable laying device which includes support means on the railroad car for supporting the plow blade thereon and stop means on the support means for prohibiting the plow blade from sliding of... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4738317 | Implement with tool frame selectively lockable in vertical position Locking structure for securing a four-bar linkage or the like on an implement in a raised position to remove an earthworking tool or row unit from ground engagement. An overcenter spring arrangement selectively biases a strap pivotally connected to one ar... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4721168 | Agricultural implement with raisable lift frame rotatable about vertical axis An agricultural planter has a main carrier frame attached to a tractor by an hydraulically actuated telescoping tongue. Individual row units are mounted on a lift frame which in the illustrated embodiment has a center section and left and right wing secti... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4557335 | Wing section rod weeder with mating coupling components A wing section equipped rod weeder implement is provided wherein the implement includes a center section and a pair of opposite side wing sections which may be swung upwardly to retracted positions for moving along roadways or through narrow fence opening... | 12/10/1985 |
