Patents by Inventor Laurence C. Phillips

Laurence C. Phillips 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).

  • Patent number: 5000270
    Abstract: An elongated ground working tool (12) adapted to be supported at each end in a frame of a ground working implement for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the tool. The toll includes a multitude of tool elements (21) arranged in a plurality of groups (23) in the longitudinal direction of the tool. Each group (23) of tool elements (21) inter-engage with the next adjacent group of form flexible connections between the groups that will permit tensioning of the tool in the longitudinal direction when supported for rotation. The tool elements (21) are so constructed that when the groups of tool elements are inter-engaged and the tool longitudinally tensioned, each group of tool elements presents a plurality of prongs (27) spaced about and projecting outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tool. A tool element and a ground working implement are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Laurence C. Phillips