Patents by Inventor Mark E. Howell, Jr.

Mark E. Howell, Jr. 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: 4734683
    Abstract: A vehicle guidance system which monitors the path of a towed farm implement with respect to a track provided by a previously cut furrow and provides visual cues to the towing tractor operator to maintain the path of the towed implement parallel to the track of the previously cut furrow at a constant, predetermined distance regardless of the path of the tractor towing the implement. The guidance system includes an elongated metal sled runner which is mounted on a doubly articulated carriage device. The sled runner rides in a previously cut furrow and closes an appropriate microswitch if the towed implement veers from the desired path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Inventors: Mark E. Howell, Jr., James M. Howell