Abstract: A gimbal is provided for attaching an implement to a three-point hitch. The gimbal has an implement plate comprising a first side and a second side wherein attached to the first side is an upper implement bracket for coupling to an upper implement arm and a lower bracket for coupling to a lower implement arm wherein the second side comprises a retaining cavity. A tow plate is received in the retaining cavity and is rotational relative to the implement plate. The tow plate comprises lower brackets arranged to connect to lift arms of the three point hitch and an upper bracket arranged to connect to a stabilizer arm of the three point hitch.

Abstract: A system is provided for use with a seed-delivering agricultural implement that can use look-ahead predictions and controls to coordinate seed type delivery switchover in a manner that minimizes mixing different seed types during the switchover. The system can include a control system that uses a prescription map to look ahead to coordinate out-of-implement or to-ground seed type delivery switch-over events of seeding and/or planting implements with the implements crossing boundaries between different variety zones of an agricultural field.

Abstract: A sowing implement comprises a stake, a depth marker, instructions and a seed support. The stake may comprise a lower end and an upper end. The depth marker may be arranged on the stake at a first predetermined distance from the lower end. The instructions may be arranged on the stake. The seed support may be connected to the stake and configured to hold one or more seeds at a second predetermined distance below the depth marker.

Abstract: A pneumatic delivery system for particulate agricultural products includes one or more compartment for containing and supplying one or more particulate product. An inductor assembly separately receives and fluidizes the particulate products and conveys the fluidized products to a metering assembly. The metering assembly separately meters each of the product flows and transfers the metered flows to one or more delivery units for applying the products. The pneumatic delivery system can be used on various implements, including planters and applicators for applying seeds, fertilizer, pesticides and other products.

Abstract: A grass mower comprising a power generator, a blade reel, a drive drum, and a power split device. The split power device can include a single power input shaft, a reel output shaft, a drum output shaft, and at least one continuously variable transmission hub operably connecting the reel output shaft and/or the drum output shaft to the power input shaft such that torque and rotational speed delivered by the power input shaft is transferrable to the reel and/or drum output shafts at any infinitely variable ratio. The power split device structured and operable to transfer the torque and rotational speed delivered by the power input shaft to both the reel and drum output shafts such that a rotational speed of the blade reel and a rotational speed of the drive drum are both generated from the power delivered by the power input shaft and are both independently controlled.

Abstract: A produce gathering device comprising a housing, where the housing resembles a backpack; a pair of straps on a back side of the housing, where the pair of straps allow the housing to be worn by a user; a vacuum device within the housing; a hose coupled to the vacuum device, where the hose suctions a plurality of food items; a storage container within the housing, where the storage container receives the plurality of food items suctioned through the hose; and a power source for the vacuum device, where the power source is activated by an activation switch.

Abstract: A method for culturing a microbial or cellular seed culture includes positioning a first flexible bag within a chamber of a first retainer, the first retainer being secured to a mixer table. A culture is produced within a compartment of the flexible bag, the culture comprising a growth media and a microbial or cellular starter culture added thereto. The mixer table is activated so that the culture is mixed within the compartment of the first flexible bag while the microbes or cells of the culture grow, the culture having a maximum volume of less than 10 liters.

Abstract: An air blower discharges an air flow generated by rotation of a fan from an outlet port of a fan case. An engine and a carburetor are disposed opposing to an outer surface of the fan case. An engine cover (partition) for separating a space in which the engine is disposed from another space in which the carburetor is disposed is provided. The outer surface including a region having a ventilation hole formed through a wall of the fan case, the region opposing to the space in which the carburetor is disposed and the ventilation hole being directed toward the carburetor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering a substance into a plant. The systems and methods include a light energy that is applied to a first area on the plant to create a first indentation. The first indentation can be a minor incision or a rupture of a portion of the first area. Once the first indentation is created, a first dosage of the substance is applied to the first area in an amount effective to promote a biological response of the plant. It is contemplated that at least a portion of the substance is absorbed by the plant via the first indentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorinated composition and a fluorinated film having properties that make it suitable for use outside, especially in the agricultural sector. The film according to the invention is a single-layer polymer film comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) matrix and at least one impact modifier having a polyorganosiloxane core and at least one thermoplastic shell, in which the weight content of impact modifier varies between 2.5% and less than 40%. According to one embodiment variant, the invention relates to multilayer films comprising at least one layer of said fluorinated film and at least one layer of unmodified PVDF.

Abstract: A protective rod for landscape is comprised of a bent piece consisting of a horizontal, above ground member defining a given length, and a pair of anchor members extending perpendicularly from each opposite ends of the horizontal member so as to define a given height.

Abstract: A plurality of similar components for forming a plant covering device for the protection of plants from external adverse weather elements and other hazards. The components are made of a thin sheet of flexible plastic or other material cut into similar two-dimensional component panels allowing many different configurations to be made out of the plurality of components. The individual component panels are provided with a fastening means for joining the separate component panels into a completed assembly. The plant covering device provides an easily assembled, self-supporting structure to be placed over one or more plants or a location. The plant covering device is erected without the use of tools or need for a separate frame or support. The size of the plant covering device may be reconfigured and expanded in width, and/or height, and/or depth using an additional plurality of component panels. The plant covering device may be used with stakes or spikes.

Abstract: A drip irrigation tube is provided with metering elements comprising respectively inlet regions, through which the water in the tube arrives in the metering elements, metering regions, formed by a labyrinth channel, which is delimited by two lateral walls, a cover and the walling of the drip irrigation tube and in which a pressure reduction of the water flowing through takes place, and outlet regions, through which the water emerges out of the drip irrigation tube via outlet openings made in the tube walling. The respective outlet region borders at least on one lateral wall, of the labyrinth channel; at least one region of this lateral wall is covered by an elastic membrane forming a portion of the cover, so that the lateral wall is able to be lifted off of the tube wall by means of the elastic membrane and forms a passage through which the water from the labyrinth channel arrives directly in the outlet region.

Abstract: A potato cultivar designated J3 is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers of potato cultivar J3, to seeds of potato cultivar J3, to plants and plant parts of potato cultivar J3, to food products produced from potato cultivar J3, and to methods for producing a potato plant by crossing potato cultivar J3 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a transgenic potato plant and to the transgenic potato plants and parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato plants and plant parts derived from potato cultivar J3, to methods for producing other potato plants or plant parts derived from potato cultivar J3 and to the potato plants and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid potato tubers, seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing potato cultivar J3 with another potato cultivar.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV4725TD and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV4725TD and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 83-02 RZ, which may exhibit a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races B1:1-31 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), very intensely red deeply lobed leaves, and a loose to moderately firm head. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 83-02 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 83-02 RZ.

Abstract: A generally hollow plastic molded pen front provides multiple operating positions of the door having sets of interdigitating hinge knuckles on the door and door jamb on both the left and right side. The door also may be swung in or out, and one or more stops can be provided for any of four configurations—left hinged swing in; left hinged swing out; right hinged swing in; right hinged swing out. With the stops removed, the door may be swung both in and out. In one embodiment a J-shaped latching rod secures both the upper and lower portions of the door when latched and a J-shaped hinge rod cooperates on the other side and can use some of the same holes as the latching rod. In another embodiment, a pivoting handle works to secure the door in a catch channel for all six configurations. Other integrated features provide a choice of feed opening sizes and a guard that minimizes feed and water contamination.

Abstract: An animal carrier (100) has a container (101) with vertical side-walls (102) and ground-plate (114) and a frame (107) that holds the vertical side-walls (102) and the ground plate (114). The frame (107) is moulded from composite material. A first connector (151) inside the container (101) is located between the vertical side-walls (102) and receives at least one cage (131) for holding an animal (141). A second connector (152) is attached to the ground-plate (114) at the outside of the container (101) and connects the container (101) to floor-tracks (162) in the passenger cabin (161) of a vehicle so that the container (101) is secured against displacement.

Abstract: A wildlife feeder having a hopper, a manifold, and a removed head at a removed end of the manifold. The hopper is designed to enclose particulate feed, such as corn, for dispensing through the manifold and head to wildlife. The head has a multiplicity of feed troughs and each feed trough has an angled top wall and an angled bottom wall, angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the manifold and a plane of a tabular floor of the head. The head may include a perforated material to assist in allowing moisture and dust to escape from the feed.

Abstract: A handheld device for scanning a muzzle pattern of an animal, the device comprising: a scanning segment configured to fit over the muzzle of the animal and a plurality of scanning cameras attached to the scanning segment for capturing the muzzle pattern from different angles. The device further comprises an image processor for combining and processing scanned muzzle patterns from the plurality of scanning cameras and displaying the processed muzzle pattern on an image viewer. A handle segment comprising a plurality of control buttons and a communication interface for connecting and transferring data to an external device.

Abstract: A horse grooming tool employs a substantially rectangular body having a top surface, a lower surface, a first end, a second end and two sides. The body is composed of vulcanized polymer rubber.

Abstract: A pet washing collar includes a flexible permeable hose for placement around the neck of a pet. A hose coupling delivers water into the interior of the hose which distributes water around part of the neck of the pet. In some embodiments, the flexible permeable hose includes inner and outer tubes. A length adjuster allows lengthening and shortening of the collar to accommodate pets of different size. A buckle connects ends of the collar together to allow it to be placed and removed from a pet. The effective water distributing length of the hose is adjustable by selectively pinching off part of the hose.

Abstract: A animal grooming tool employs a substantially rectangular body having a top surface, a lower surface, a first end, a second end and two sides. The body is composed of flexible material with a hardness of between 20 and 60 Shore A for enhanced attraction of hair for removal.

Abstract: The present utility model patent refers to a constructive arrangement introduced as dispenser toy in the form of a ball for pets, especially dogs and cats, which may be used concomitantly for feeding, training and for amusement.

Abstract: A pet chew toy assembly including a body having a first component, wherein the first component comprises a thermoplastic, a bone meal, and an antler powder.

Abstract: A collar assembly includes a main body configured in an uninterrupted loop, the main body having an outer surface, an elongated body extending away from the main body, the elongated body configured to at least partially wrap around and connect to the outer surface of the main body and the elongated body having a holding portion thereby allowing a user to use the elongated body as a leash.

Abstract: On leash, dogs enjoy being tethered together as partners, provided they can detect directional changes in their partner(s)' movements. The dog coupler includes a pair of clip assemblies and a semi-rigid hollow tube, each distal end of which is pressure fitted with a clip fastenable to a dog's collar or harness. Fabricated of plastic tubing, about 18 inches long but stiff enough it remains tangle free when held by one end horizontally, the tube, in its resting state, forms a shallow arch. Partially folded by compression or, alternately, straightened out, the tube acts like a weak spring but exhibits substantially stronger spring tension when stretched. Because of this spring-like action, two dogs, individually connected to the coupler, get negative feedback when they move toward or apart from each other. Absent such feedback, they are rewarded for correctly positioning themselves, encouraging them to walk or run well tethered together.

Abstract: A poultry feed system is provided having a plurality of feeders that may be fully charged with feed while located on the floor of the feed house, but are capable of being stored near to their location when feeding has ceased.

Abstract: A system, method and structure are presented to allow water from a fish tank to be pumped upward to an aquaponic trough on the top floor in a multi-floor greenhouse structure, from which the water will have a gravity-fed and unpumped flow to lower troughs. Furthermore, the application describes a plumbing system to control the feed of pumped and gravity fed water through the various aquaponic troughs and back to the fish tank at predetermined intervals.

Abstract: An ant bait stake is provided having two components including an outer housing and an inner bait pack or reservoir that is separate from, the outer housing. The outer housing includes a bait pack compartment for receiving the bait pack; and a ground, engaging member such as a stake. A break-away tab including a neck portion with a bait access channel therein extends outwardly of the housing, the tab being removable by the consumer without any tools or other devices to open the bait access channel when the ant bait stake is ready for use.

Abstract: Electronic insect barriers are presented including: a base defined by an edge; a perimeter barrier extending upwardly from the base, the perimeter barrier located inward of the edge; a removable cover that defines a trap cavity and defines an inside opening, where the removable cover extends upwardly from the base starting inward of and along the perimeter barrier, where the removable cover extends outwardly toward the edge, and where the removable cover extends downwardly toward the base terminating at a hanging edge outward of and along the perimeter barrier; a number of electrodes located at least along the base inward of the perimeter barrier and within the trap cavity; and an inner barrier extending upwardly from the base, the inner barrier located inward of the removable cover, the inner barrier defining a space for receiving a furniture leg.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved magnetically attachable spray apparatus with a spray body extending between an angled mounting surface and a spray means, the angled mounting surface being generally secured to and supported by a magnetically attachable base which is moveable between a horizontal and a vertical configuration.

Abstract: Described and claimed is a decoy assembled from one of multiple bouyant decoy bodies having hinged wings on which one of multiple dressings may be selectably connected, thereby resembling any of a plurality of desired prey, the decoy body being selectably mounted on a propulsion module that may be remotely controlled to exhibit a desired flight pattern.

Abstract: A method of cannulating vasculature includes inserting the vasculature through a first clamping surface of a cannula and rotating a second clamping surface of the cannula around the first clamping surface to move from an open position towards a closed position. Additionally, the method includes securing the vasculature between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface.

Abstract: A tissue storage solution includes hypothermic storage compositions and methods. The hypothermic storage composition includes media containing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) and albumin. A method of hypothermically storing tissue includes storing such tissue in a storage medium including DMEM and albumin. A method for wound or defect treatment includes applying tissue, stored in a hypothermic storage medium containing DMEM and albumin, to the site of such wound or defect.

Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.

Abstract: A storage stack for storing sample containers in a low temperature sample store, each storage stack includes first and second rigid lateral support flanges including a multitude of storage webs for supporting sample containers; a rigid back panel; a rigid bottom plate; and a rigid insulation cover. The insulation cover includes a handling plate and an insulation block. A number of insulation covers of all storage stacks of a storage stack array form an essentially continuous insulation layer on a storage area of the low temperature sample store. For all storage stacks, carrying elements are provided that statically connect the bottom plate of each individual storage stack with a bottom structure of the storage area, carry the entire weight of the individual storage stack and all sample containers inserted therein, and confer this entire weight to a bottom structure of the storage area of the low temperature sample store.

Abstract: A system for the hypothermic (2-8° C.) transport of biological samples, such as tissues, organs, or body fluids. The system includes a first transport container to suspend the sample in preservation fluid and provides an ability to monitor the temperature of the sample as well as the pressure of the perfusion fluid. The first transport container, holding the sample, is placed in an insulated second transport container having a cooling medium. When assembled, the system allows for transport of biological samples for extended periods of time at a stable temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed are packing material/matrix and methods of making thereof for slow or extended release of at least one active volatile compound(s). Provided are gel matrix polymerized from particular pre-polymer, and optionally initiators are added during polymerization. The active volatile compounds are encapsulated in molecular encapsulating agents into a form of molecular complex, an the molecular complex is further incorporated into the gel matrix. Also provided are methods for preparing the gel matrix and using thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to anti-microbial cleanser compositions comprising linalool, hinokitiol and dipropylene glycol. The present invention further provides methods for using these compositions to maintain eyelid hygiene, to treat an ocular disorder or to clean a skin surface. The cleanser compositions of the present invention can be in the form of a foam, gel or liquid.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to a product and process to reduce the microbial contamination on organic matter, such as processed meat, fruits and vegetables, plant parts, inanimate surfaces such as textiles and stainless steel, and in the mouth or on dental products. In particular, the invention is related to a product and process to disinfect surfaces using an antimicrobial composition containing an antimicrobial lipid, an enhancer selected from the group consisting of bacteriocins, antimicrobial enzymes, sugars, sugar alcohols, iron-binding proteins and derivatives thereof, siderophores, and combinations thereof, and optionally a surfactant.

Abstract: Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods of breaking down a biofilm or inhibiting, preventing or treating a microbial infection that produces a biofilm are disclosed, which involves administration of a polypeptide that has one or more HMG-box domains to a subject suffering from the infection or having the biofilm. By competing with microbial proteins that bind to DNA scaffold in the biofilm, these polypeptides destabilize the biofilm leading to destruction and removal of the biofilm by the immune system.

Abstract: The present invention provides guanidine compounds and salts thereof that may be useful, for example, in the preparation of herbicidal compositions. The compounds may be used, for example, to prepare N-phosphonomethylglycine guanidine salts having improved herbicidal efficacy over glyphosate alone.

Abstract: An antimicrobial composition includes benzalkonium chloride in an amount of 0.06% w/w to 0.19% w/w and cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate in an amount of 0.6% w/w to 1.9% w/w. The composition also includes propylene glycol in an amount of 0.4% w/w to 1.2% w/w and triethylene glycol in an amount of 0.1% w/w to 0.3% w/w. A polysorbate is included in an amount of 0.02% w/w to 0.08% w/w and water in an amount of 96.0% w/w to 99.0% w/w.

Abstract: The invention relates to fungicide-containing natural fibers and/or a natural fiber shaped part, wherein the natural fibers and/or the natural fiber shaped part comprise at least one inorganic aluminum salt for combating and preventing mold growth, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use of at least one non-toxic, inorganic aluminum salt.

Abstract: The invention relates to the increase (improvement) of the effectiveness of antiseptics and/or disinfectants administered in a mixture with hydrolytic or proteolytic enzymes to a mucous membrane, a skin of a mammal or inanimate surfaces in the form of a solution, gel, paste, capsules or other as an agent. The use of the mixture is also stated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strains of Bacillus and methods of their use for enhancing the growth, promoting plant health or controlling diseases or pests of a plant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the shelf life of perishable goods, comprising the following steps: production of said perishable good in a production facility; delivery of said produced perishable product by means of a conveyor facility; packaging of said thus delivered perishable product by means of a packaging facility; and cleaning of at least one of the facilities selected from the group comprising the production facilities, the conveying facilities and the packaging facilities.