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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079425 | Modular and towable farm implement A towable farm and garden implement trailer which has a modular receiver. The modular receiver is operatively configured to receive implements above or below the frame of the trailer. Implements which may be removably coupled to the underside of the trailer include ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7673700 | Push block for a scraping device An earthmoving scraping device including a bowl-shaped frame having a front end, a back end, and opposing first and second side walls extending upwardly from a floor. The first side wall, the second side wall, and the floor define an interior of the frame for transp... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7647984 | Push block, scraping device and method for collecting a material A push block, a scraping device and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device has a frame, a blade attached to the bottom of the frame, a tongue attached to a front end of the frame and a beam attached to a back end of the frame. Tires are... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7640996 | Walking beam and tire system for an earthmoving scraping device An earthmoving scraping device has a bowl-shaped frame with walls and a frame floor that define an interior for transporting material and a walking beam system for the rear wheels thereof that includes a suspension arm pivotally connected between the back end of the... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7600576 | Road-drag A road drag for medium and heavy grading projects is provided. The road drag includes a pair of side members and front, center and rear transverse bars that define a rectangular shaped platform. A V-member is disposed adjacent each corner of the platform and steel b... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7367408 | Scraping device and a system and a method for collecting materials A scraping device, a system and a method for collecting a material are provided. The scraping device may have a bowl having a first end and a second end. A lip may be positioned at the first end and may cover an opening at the first end. In an embodiment, direct mou... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7273111 | Grading implement A grading implement including main body having a left end, a right end and a length that extends between the left and right ends. The main body also includes a front side and a back side. A claw-blade is positioned at the front side of the main body. Side blades are... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7138015 | Apparatus for the spreading of adhesive material An apparatus for the application of adhesive material, for use in the laying of flooring and roofing surfaces, comprising a frame, to which are attached a plurality of wheels, an angularly extending handle arrangement and a trowel blade whose height above a sub-floo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7096971 | Bi-directional drag grader A bi-directional drag grader comprising a rigid overhead support, attachable to a self propelled machine using a common receiver hitch or directly attached, a substantially rectangular rigid and collapsible frame, the frame having a leading edge and trailing edge wi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077216 | Earth scraper with track apparatus An earth working scraper for use removing and transporting earth is disclosed. The scraper includes a scraper blade for scraping earth from a ground surface, a receiving area located near the blade for receiving earth scraped from the ground surface by the blade, a ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036604 | Structure for converting an integral implement to a drawn type A forward acting wheel arm for a drawn hitch includes a pivot point directly below the rear rank of the machine frame, and the wheels are rotated directly in front of the front rank during field operation. For transport, the wheels rotate below the front rank to min... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6962012 | Apparatus for grooming a baseball infield A grooming implement is used for athletic fields, particularly the infield of a ball field. A frame has a tongue on a forward end for attaching to a towing vehicle. The frame has a longitudinal beam and a transverse beam on a rearward end that is supported by a pair... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6904979 | Towable earth working apparatus having adjustable wheel height A towable earth working apparatus for landscaping, leveling, grading, cutting and for spreading dirt, sand, gravel, is hitched by a trailer arm to a vehicle such as a small tractor or pickup truck. The apparatus has a grader secured to a trailer having a carriage fr... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6672401 | Towable box grader with electronically controlled continuously variable multi-axis blade system A towable scraper system for contour surface grading. The system includes a rigid chassis member that has a coupler configured for attachment to a conventional three-point tractor hitch. A scraper blade is pivotally suspended from the rigid chassis member... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6615929 | Method and apparatus for high speed grading A method and apparatus for high speed grading a road in a single pass. The grader including a frame supported above a surface. At least one blade is pivotally fixed to the frame, and is positionable to engage the surface. A first biasing mechanism biases ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6453582 | Hitch mounted snowplow and method of using same A snowplow apparatus as adapted to attach to a vehicle having a ball hitch assembly. The snowplow apparatus has a blade assembly connected to an elongated drawbar. A frictionally activated elevating mechanism is operatively connected to the drawbar and mo... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6360827 | Method and apparatus for a transportable box blade assembly An apparatus and method transporting an attachment, such as a box blade assembly, which is secured to a land based vehicle has a box blade and a transporting mechanism. The box blade is made up of two opposing side walls, an open top and bottom, and front... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352126 | Finish dirt scraper with improved damping device A dampening device for use with conventional finish dirt scrapers characterized by a shaft with the lower end of the shaft attached to a skid shoe and the upper end of the shaft having a piston mounted thereon which operates in a cylinder, wherein the cyl... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6336281 | Hitch mounted snowplow and method of using same A snowplow apparatus as adapted to attach to a vehicle having a ball hitch assembly. The snowplow apparatus has a blade assembly connected to an elongated drawbar. A frictionally activated elevating mechanism is operatively connected to the drawbar and mo... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6328115 | Stabilizer for dirt scraper A wheeled dirt scraper having a pair of stabilizer rails pivotally mounted onto each of the side wings of the box, the rails being provided with damping devices to reduce, absorb and eliminate shock effects. The rails have a relatively large surface conta... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6206106 | High speed grader A grader to enable high speed grading for gravel or unmade roads having a plurality of grader blades the position of each blade being maintained in a forward most grading position by an hydraulic ram which is hydraulically connected a gas accumulator. The... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6119792 | Land smoother and packer system A land smoother and packer system for smoothing and packing irregularities in a ground surface. The inventive device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels, a right blade pivotally attached to the frame, a center blade attached to the frame, a left blade... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6112828 | Earth working scraper An earth working scraper including a semi-circular scraper assembly having a scraper blade and a plurality of wall sections. The wall sections form a compartmentalized space substantially interior the scraper assembly for carrying soil. A wheeled carriage... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6032746 | Road leveller A bogie is attached to a three point hitch of a tractor and serves to control the up and down movement of a scraper blade. The bogie comprises an articulated frame having a pair of spaced side rails each connected to a separate lower link of the hitch. An... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5946831 | Amphibious scraper Apparatus and methods are described for modification of a scraper, or similar heavy equipment, for operation in wet or swampy areas including dredge disposal areas. A floatation tire assembly is described which is removably affixable to the scraper to giv... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5890546 | Tractor drawn scraper with folding wings A tractor drawn scraper apparatus with folding wings includes a main frame with a main blade assembly depending therefrom and wing frames with wing blade assemblies depending therefrom. The wing frames are pivotally connected to laterally opposite ends of... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5833012 | Scraper and drag attachment The invention comprises a scraper and drag attachment for a tractor. The attachment has a main frame with a hitch at it forward end for attachment to a tractor. A scraper is fixed to the main frame behind the hitch and a first pivotal frame is pivotally m... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5794714 | Finish dirt scraper This invention relates to a dirt leveling device adapted for towing by a tractor which is characterized by one or more chisels attached to a transverse shaft on the front of the dirt leveling device having a rotatable relationship thereto, and a dirt leve... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5535832 | Land leveler and cultivator A towed cultivator/land leveler apparatus includes a two part frame that includes tongue at the front end portion and wheels at the rear. A two part frame pivots about a transverse axis to raise/lower a leveler blade and tines that are carried at the fron... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533283 | Compaction roller assembly and grader A compaction roller assembly includes a lobed non-circular impact roller operably mounted on a draw frame and a grader operably mounted behind the impact roller to level the corrugated ground surface produced by the impact roller. The grader includes a pa... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5289880 | Towable road tender A towable road tender device for grading unpaved roadway surfaces. The tender device may be hitched to commercial vehicles but is particularly suited for use with private vehicles, such as small tractors and pickup trucks. A set of relatively lightweight ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5213165 | Folding land plane A multi-section, foldable land plane is foldable between a relatively narrow, transportable position, and a wider, deployed position for leveling field irregularities. A central, wheeled frame is adapted to be drawn by a conventional tractor. The frame, c... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5058295 | Rear-mounted scraper The rear-mounted scraper of this invention is adapted for attachment to the rear of a vehicle which has a rear bumper, bottom and a rear axle. The rear-mounted scraper has a hitch with portions adapted for attachment to the bottom of the vehicle and porti... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4905387 | Adjustable wheel for snow plow A snow plow having a curved blade with a bottom scraping edge and rearwardly extending horizontally positioned mounting means. Two wheels each having a hub are each attached to a frame member with an outer cylindrical member having the bottom thereof conn... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4903782 | Levee squeezer A levee cutting and forming implement for rice farming which prevents the construction of unwanted bar ditches or ruts. A rigid, generally angularly rearwardly diverging frame supports a pair of rigid, ground engaging levee cutting blades. The elongated c... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4898247 | Earth scraper attachment for a tractor or the like An earth scraper attachment adapted to be drawn by a farm tractor or other vehicle having a vertically adjustable three point hitch has an elongated frame with a front tongue portion connectable to the hitch with a specially designed hitch connection memb... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4871025 | Levelling machine An improved ground levelling machine (10) for levelling small areas of ground comprising a main frame (11), a pivotal sub-frame (15) trailing said main frame (11) and pivotally connected thereto, a scraper blade (40) carried by the main frame (11), a hopp... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4802293 | Adjustable earth-moving attachment for a vehicle An earth-moving attachment for use with a vehicle includes a pair of earth-moving blade assemblies mounted on a main beam. The earth-moving blade assemblies are adapted to be independently movable in several planes with respect to each other and with resp... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4700786 | Drag-type road grader A drag-type road grader including a skewable frame and a plurality of blade assemblies extending transversely across the frame. A tongue assembly is mounted on the frame and includes hydraulic cylinders for skewing the frame to alternative parallelogram-s... | 10/20/1987 |
