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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322154 | Cooling shade assembly and method of use thereof A shade assembly including reflective shade panels suspended above a roof or along an exterior wall of a building. The assembly also includes a shade box, such as one including an assembly of upright support posts and attached cables to which dark or reflective wate... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7036798 | Mobile barrier to control litter and wind A mobile barrier for use in wind control, reduction of blowing litter and suspension and transport of airborne contaminants with applications in areas of landfill maintenance, agriculture, erosion control, and snow control is described. The mobile barrier is a large... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6832448 | Greenhouse A greenhouse on a support structure on posts with a hanging foil roof that can be opened, wherein the foil covering that forms the roof remains completely below the support structure formed by lattice girders in every position by being suspended form the rails on th... | 12/21/2004 |
| 5992088 | Plant protection device with foldable waterproof plant protection curtain Plant protection device in the form of a weather protection extensible over the cultivation. The protection device including a framework (12) consisting of longitudinal and traverse support elements (13, 14) within which at least one waterproof foldable p... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5519965 | Protective canopy An easily deployed barrier 400, shade or shield intended for agricultural or horticultural protection against hail, birds, sunlight, and the like is comprised of open-weave fabric 401 held over the items 402 to be protected so that it tends to assume a re... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5451445 | Foldable net assembly A foldable net assembly is employed as a sunshade in a garden, swimming pool or like places or applied to an outer wall of a building; and also can be mounted to a scaffold at a construction site as a protection screen. The net has an upper lateral rod at... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5311699 | Shade house The structure of a shade house is disclosed which is comprised of a plurality of upright posts with cables tensioned therebetween to provide a support for a shade producing fabric to be placed over a designated area. The structure is easy to assemble and ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5265373 | Curtain system A curtain system includes two portions of a curtain each mounted on a common guide. Each portion is dimensioned to cover a predetermined area so that the portions may be deployed alternatively. One of the portions is selectively engageable with a drive ca... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5241782 | Wire-form crop cover support A support used for supporting a crop cover such as plastic sheet, cloth or netting that is often applied over crops in a field having a plurality of stakes which receive a plurality of the wire-form crop cover supports about their upper ends. The crop cov... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5083396 | Crop protection system A shelter to protect a crop from birds. The shelter comprises uprights including end uprights arranged in longitudinal rows in a crop area. There are guides on the top of each upright. A pair of upper main guide wires extend between tops of adjacent uprig... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4827957 | Shelter used to protect plants or crops from adverse environmental conditions This invention discloses a shelter used to protect plants or crops from damage by animals and adverse environmental conditions, which comprises a framework; at least one ridge pole supported by the framework; at least one pulley block supported in the rid... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4318514 | Netting applicator A machine for applying and retracting a protective covering to agricultural plants is disclosed. The implement (10) is supportively attached by forward and rearward attachment mechanisms (12, 14) to a tractor (16) and movably supported additionally by a c... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4313650 | Apparatus for controlling light and heat transference for greenhouses Apparatus for controlling light and heat transference to and from a greenhouse comprising a plurality of light-weight, rigid, insulative, slats operable to be selectively opened or closed in venetian blind style to selectively lighten or darken any or all... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313279 | Agricultural system with articulated members An agricultural system with a controlled atmosphere. A plurality of articulated structural members with an arched configuration are secured in aligned, spaced-apart relationship by horizontal members to define a skeletal structure. Flexible sheet material... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4296568 | Agricultural crop cover A retractable cover for protecting agricultural crops against radiation frost. The polyethelene film cover lies atop a static rigging comprised of rows of posts permanently anchored in the earth and wires joining the posts. An elongated sheet rake extendi... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4233779 | Automatic environment stabilizer and protection device for plants An attachment for a plant protection device is described that automatically maintains a life sustaining environment over a broad range of ambient temperature conditions. The invention consists of a cylindrical collar adapted to be mounted on top of existi... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4095369 | Installation for cultivating plant cultures An installation for cultivating plant cultures comprising a cover device for protecting the ground at which the plants are grown from damaging radiation of the sun, and a support device for supporting the cover device. The cover device comprises a number ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4068404 | Shade-producing structure and method A wind-damage-resistant structure for producing shade comprises a perimeter of spaced uprights surrounding a tract of land; interior uprights within the perimeter; a lower network of supporting cables fastened to the land outside of the perimeter and supp... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4050972 | Laying down of large sheets of film A long plastic film roll is manufactured in situ for covering an agricultural, athletic or other field. A plurality of short plastic film rolls are supported on drivable rollers, which in turn are mounted on a plurality of spaced trucks extending along th... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3946521 | Ventilated plant protector A plant protector having an elongated housing side wall opening over which is movably mounted a closure panel, the panel being pivoted on the housing at one end of the opening and being connected at the other end of the opening to a heat sensitive expansi... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3932958 | Plant shelter A plurality of posts are mounted upright from a supporting surface and arranged in longitudinally and transversely aligned rows to form a series of adjacent rectangles. A plurality of parallel and substantially uniformly spaced wires extend longitudinally... | 01/20/1976 |
