Abstract: An s-tine mounting bracket includes a mount plate configured for adjustability and removal attachment to a farm vehicle, a pair of parallel spaced shank bracket sides attached to the mount plate, and a tubular shank bracket end removably and adjustably attached to the shank bracket sides configured to adjustably attach an s-tine shank between the shank bracket sides. An s-tine assembly includes the s-tine mounting bracket configured for attachment to the farm vehicle, and the s-tine shank attached to the s-tine mounting bracket, with a large variety of shaped and sized s-tine shanks acceptable for use. A method of farming includes the steps of providing the s-tine assembly having the s-tine mounting bracket and the s-tine shank, attaching the s-tine assembly to the farm vehicle, and tilling a field using the s-tine assembly.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2022
Publication date:
August 3, 2023
Applicant:
DESERT SUNSET AG, LLC
Inventors:
James Thomas Chapman, Aaron Donald Bates
Abstract: A mini diker farm implement system for diking a field includes one or more mini diker assemblies attached to farming equipment configured for movement through the field by a tractor. Each mini diker assembly includes a mounting bracket assembly, an H-frame assembly pivotably attached to the mounting bracket assembly, a diker paddle wheel assembly having a paddle wheel supported for rotation by the H-frame assembly, and a lift arm assembly configured to adjust a position of the paddle wheel. A diking method includes the steps of providing the mini diker farm implement system, removably attaching the mounting bracket assembly to the farming equipment, adjusting the vertical position of the paddle wheel using the lift arm assembly, and moving the farming equipment through the field to rotate the diker paddle wheel and form dikes and reservoirs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 8, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 28, 2021
Assignee:
Desert Sunset AG, LLC
Inventors:
James Thomas Chapman, Aaron Donald Bates
Abstract: A mini diker farm implement system for diking a field includes one or more mini diker assemblies attached to farming equipment configured for movement through the field by a tractor. Each mini diker assembly includes a mounting bracket assembly, an H-frame assembly pivotably attached to the mounting bracket assembly, a diker paddle wheel assembly having a paddle wheel supported for rotation by the H-frame assembly, and a lift arm assembly configured to adjust a position of the paddle wheel. A diking method includes the steps of providing the mini diker farm implement system, removably attaching the mounting bracket assembly to the farming equipment, adjusting the vertical position of the paddle wheel using the lift arm assembly, and moving the farming equipment through the field to rotate the diker paddle wheel and form dikes and reservoirs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 8, 2020
Publication date:
September 9, 2021
Applicant:
DESERT SUNSET AG, LLC
Inventors:
James Thomas Chapman, Aaron Donald Bates