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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350738 | Sod unrolling machine A sod unrolling machine including a frame which is adapted to be secured to the rear end of a vehicle having a vertically movable hitch. The frame includes first and second horizontally spaced-apart and rearwardly extending frame members with each of the first and s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334500 | Pedal crank having solid coupling A pedal crank includes a crank arm having a hole formed in one end to receive one end of a crank shaft which may be rotatably attached to a bicycle frame. An expanding device may be engaged in the end of the crank shaft for expanding the crank shaft to engage with t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7188447 | Machine for laying ground cover on seeded areas A machine that quickly lays a cover over a freshly seeded area and at the same time anchors the cover to the ground. The cover helps prevent moisture from escaping from the ground and holds the seeds in place during watering the area, during heavy rains and/or durin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172033 | Culvert opening and cleaning apparatus A culvert opening and cleaning apparatus which is designed to be operably mounted to an implement of heavy machinery such as a grader and is further designed to utilize the auxiliary hydraulic connection provided by the implement of heavy machinery. The culvert open... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6990758 | Scraper and rake attachment for excavator bucket A heavy-duty scraping and rake attachment for excavator buckets for clearing brush-covered earth. The attachment is easily mountable to the bucket, thus avoiding the work and expense of removing the bucket from the arm. The scraper portion provides for offset toothe... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6718662 | Do-all rake-tooth bucket extension attachment An apparatus for attachment to the bucket of a front end loader, skip loader or any other power-operated bucket. The apparatus comprises a plurality of teeth supported in a frame that attaches to the bucket of a front end loader. The apparatus may be used to sort un... | 04/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6360458 | Rake attachment for skid steer loaders and front end loaders and method for converting a loader bucket into a lawn preparation tool A rake attachment and a bucket attachment incorporating the same, the rake attachment generally comprising a plate, a plurality of apertures in the plate and a plurality of teeth. The elongate plate has a plurality of mounting holes extending therethrough... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6315056 | Resilient scraping blade attachment The resilient scraping blade attachment is provided that includes an attachment hook-up assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle. The attachment hook-up assembly includes an elongated central support member and a vehicle interface component. In additio... | 11/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6163987 | Removable blade assembly for trencher machine A removable blade assembly with an attachment arm slidably mounted over the support boom of a trencher machine. The attachment arm is stabilized in place on the support boom with pressure point bolts. From the attachment arm extend an angle support and an... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6149348 | Tool for burying hose A tool for burying a hose, cable, wire, or other elongate, flexible structure in the ground, the tool being attachable to the loader arm of a front-end loader, consisting of a support attachable to the loader arm of a front-end loader; an excavator; a bra... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6131668 | Sod laying apparatus and method Sod laying apparatus for use with a self propelled vehicle. The vehicle has a front end mounting mechanism having an attachment engagement member for releasably engaging an attachment. The attachment engagement member is moveable between an attachment eng... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6113308 | Device for cutting filler material from concrete joints A device for cutting filler material from concrete joints comprises a blate attached to the front of an elongated arm, the elongated arm is pivotably joined to a mounting plate. The elongated arm is limited in its movement by a retention bar located on a ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6035478 | Rotary broom mounting A mounting for a rotary broom on a skid steer loader has a bracket that is attached to a frame plate that mounts on the front attachment plate of the skid steer loader. The front attachment plate can be tilted about a horizontal axis through the use of a ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5953839 | Excavating attachment for earth moving equipment An excavating attachment for conventional earth moving equipment that is capable of moving a shovel in generally horizontal, linear, non-arcuate, paths to dig and remove soil and other material from underneath a structure such as a series of pipes leading... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5850883 | Windrow auger composter A new windrow auger composter that is adapted for attachment to the blade of a tractor for breaking up, aerating, and rebuilding a windrow. The inventive device includes a housing adapted for attachment to the blade of the tractor such that the housing ex... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5806607 | Device for skimming The invention relates to a device mountable on a dozer blade for skimming a substance to a required depth, comprising an open box or collector for skimmed material, and a cutting edge of a rear wall which is used to effect skimming. The depth of skim is a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5765646 | Combined control machine for an orchard Various types of working machines can be installed on a combined control machine car body as occasion demands, and the operation of a working machine can be automatically performed with the engine power of said combined control machine car body without a ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5515625 | Rake attachment with scarifying teeth for a skid steer A rake attachment for use on a skid steer, which can be used for multiple lawn and grounds preparation activities, such as grading, filling, leveling and scarifying. The rake attachment of this invention combines several useful attachment functions into a... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5450910 | Snow thrower to lawn care conversion apparatus An apparatus is provided for a snow thrower which has a motor, a wheeled support for the motor, an auger, and a support for the auger. The apparatus converts the snow thrower to a lawn care apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of lock assemblies conne... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5413181 | Rake attachment for a skid steer A rake attachment for use on a skid steer, which can be used for multiple lawn and grounds preparation activities, such as grading, filling, leveling and scarifying. The rake attachment of this invention combines several useful attachment functions into a... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5251704 | Detachable harrow sprayer There is disclosed a new and improved rearwardly folding combination harrow sprayer drawbar. A plurality of quick detach harrow arms are adapted to be quickly connected and disconnected to a plurality of harrow arm receivers. The implement can be used for... | 10/12/1993 |
| 4932475 | Blade plow with resilient mounting This invention relates to a blade plough suitable for use on undulating ground. The blade plough has a floating blade which is able to pivot irrespective of the drawbar attachment to the tractor. A spring mechanism is provided to bias the blade in an oper... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4909335 | Deep tillage shank system An agricultural earth working system including a vertically adjustable deep tillage tool in tandem with a V-shaped sweep blade tool, the system being mounted on a field traversable frame and adapted to be drawn through the field by a conventional farming ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4815542 | Ground leveling attachment for box-scraper An attachment for a box-scraper. The box-scraper includes a pair of spaced apart walls each having a lower edge; a horizontally oriented frame member mounted intermediate the side walls; and, an elongate blade mounted intermediate the walls and having a l... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4752256 | Boat propulsion device The present invention relates to an adapter for converting a conventional apparatus used for cutting and trimming vegetation into a device for propelling a boat. The adapter includes a screw propeller mounted to a centrifugal clutch which is driven by the... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4692089 | Attachment for a back hoe bucket The attachment includes a pair of spaced support arms secured to the sides of a bucket of a back hoe vehicle and receive an elongated upper rectangular bar, and a pair of adjustably spaced fork arms attached to the upper bar. An elongated lower bar extend... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4639008 | Self-propelling vehicle with two axle units cantilevered together A self-propelling commercial vehicle, especially a tractor-like agricultural vehicle, with two units each having an unsprung axle, of which the first unit, as drive unit, includes a drive aggregate and a driver place located within the area of its end coo... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4635730 | Grader attachment for a loader Attachment for wheel-mounted loaders comprising a frame releasably connectible to the loader, extending forwardly from the loader in the normal travelling direction thereof and supporting a grader blade for operations such as grading, road maintenance and... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4618005 | Orientable ripper An apparatus for attachment to a vehicle, preferably a bulldozer, comprises a first arm having a ripper shank extending therefrom which is pivotally attached to a second arm. A second arm is mounted to a vehicle for rotation about a horizontal axis so tha... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4607441 | Stone digging attachment for front end loader attachment of a tractor A stone digging implement is manufactured as a simple and inexpensive attachment for the front end loader of a tractor. The attachment comprises a frame formed by a pair of horizontal I-beams which support a pair of hooked or pointed tines which extend do... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4591001 | Garden tillers A toolbar attachment assembly for a rear tine rotary tiller having a tine guard and forward wheels. The toolbar attachment assembly is secured to the tiller in place of the drag stake. A V-shaped brace allows for the assembly to be attached without removi... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4577568 | Bracket and tooth assembly for planter A bracket and tooth assembly for a planter type implement includes a bracket having mounting means adjustably engaging the implement tool bar. The bracket includes an arm which supports the furrowing tooth to position the latter laterally but closely adja... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4560318 | Back hoe fork lifting device This back hoe lifting device is for loading pipe from trucks easily. Primarily, it consists of a pair of support arms secured to the bucket portion of the back hoe vehicle, which adjustably receive an elongated upper bar, having a pair of fork arms attach... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4560011 | Cultivator row unit with ridger/bedder implement An inter-row crop cultivator for use particularly in severe residue conditions such as in minimum tillage conservation applications is disclosed. A leading gauge wheel providing support and soil surface tracking is immediately trailed by two laterally dis... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4539921 | Drill frame construction A modular drill frame construction which can assume configurations for standard seeding-drive fertilizer application, and with a modular section added, used for side banding of fertilizer, that is, depositing fertilizer between the normal rows of seed, an... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4485570 | Apparatus for mounting a drilling machine on an excavator bucket A drilling machine includes a coupling means (19) for removably coupling the drilling machine (1) to the bucket of an excavator with the aid of gripping arms (20, 21). Between the drilling machine and coupling means there is a rubber member (9) taking up ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4466364 | Planter attachment The invention relates to agricultural implements for planting. Increased efficiency of planting in general and incorporating fertilizer in particular in no-till situations is achieved by frame, disk and knife assemblies (14, 15, 16) mounting a disk (44) i... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4429750 | Ridge leveler A ridge leveler adapted for use with a plow having a forward row of discs and a rearward row of discs comprising: a ridge blade assembly connected to the forward row of discs and positioned generally near the outermost disc of the forward row of discs for... | 02/07/1984 |
