Patents by Inventor Dick Stuntz

Dick Stuntz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and equipment for interseeding an area of ground to convert the existing vegetation or to improve the quality of the existing vegetation
    Patent number: 7409916
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interseeding an area of ground having existing vegetation growing thereon are provided. The interseeder apparatus tills a plurality of spaced-apart rows in the ground, deposits seed in the exposed soil of the rows, compacts the seed into the rows, and optionally, sprays at least a portion of the exiting vegetation adjacent the rows with a herbicide so as to reduce competition for the new seedling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kansas Statue University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jack Fry, Randy Taylor, Bob Wolf, Dick Stuntz
  • Method and equipment for interseeding an area of ground to convert the existing vegetation or to improve the quality of the existing vegetation
    Publication number: 20060016375
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interseeding an area of ground having existing vegetation growing thereon are provided. The interseeder apparatus tills a plurality of spaced-apart rows in the ground, deposits seed in the exposed soil of the rows, compacts the seed into the rows, and optionally, sprays at least a portion of the exiting vegetation adjacent the rows with a herbicide so as to reduce competition for the new seedling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Jack Fry, Randy Taylor, Bob Wolf, Dick Stuntz