Patents Assigned to Willmar Fabrication, LLC
  • Implements, implement systems, and methods for displacing ground material
    Patent number: 9267255
    Abstract: An implement may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include roller apparatus configured to engage a ground surface and form a plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface. The roller apparatus may include a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements, and the plurality of ground displacing elements may form the plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface as the cylindrical portion is rolled over the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: WILLMAR FABRICATION, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Spray hood
    Patent number: 9259755
    Abstract: Spray hood assemblies may be adapted to be moved over undesired foliage so as to temporarily enclose them when liquids (e.g., agricultural chemicals such as herbicide) are sprayed. The spray hood assemblies may assist in ensuring that a high percentage of the sprayed liquids are deposited where they are intended to be sprayed rather than being blown away or onto adjacent desired plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: WILLMAR FABRICATION, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Vent apparatus
    Patent number: 9149957
    Abstract: A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Willmar Fabrication, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Kurtis Lee McCuen
  • Vent apparatus
    Patent number: 9114555
    Abstract: A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the vent tube portion. The secondary tube portion may define a valve region configured to control, or restrict, airflow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Willmar Fabrication, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W Claussen
  • Seed tender
    Patent number: 8696296
    Abstract: Seed tender apparatus for holding one or more seed containers and including an inclined conveyor apparatus pivotable between a stowed configuration and a discharged configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Willmar Fabrication, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Jereme J. Ascheman
  • SPRAY HOOD
    Publication number: 20130001320
    Abstract: Spray hood assemblies may be adapted to be moved over undesired foliage so as to temporarily enclose them when liquids (e.g., agricultural chemicals such as herbicide) are sprayed. The spray hood assemblies may assist in ensuring that a high percentage of the sprayed liquids are deposited where they are intended to be sprayed rather than being blown away or onto adjacent desired plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Willmar Fabrication, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W. Claussen
  • Broadcast hood
    Patent number: D737404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Willmar Fabrication, LLC
    Inventor: Steven W Claussen