Patents by Inventor Ardon Herman

Ardon Herman 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).

  • Crop lifter pans
    Patent number: 8196381
    Abstract: A seed pan apparatus for attachment to a cutting header having a knife and cooperating knife guards mounted along a lower front edge thereof includes a seed pan adapted at a front portion thereof for attachment to a guard finger such that when attached, the seed pan extends upward and rearward from a front portion of the seed pan forward of the guard finger over the guard finger and knife to a rear end thereof located rearward of the knife. Side walls extend upward from side edges of the seed pan, and side edges of the seed pan diverge from a front end to the rear end. The seed pan is configured such that when the seed pan is attached to the guard finger, side edges of the seed pan are located between the attached guard finger and an adjacent guard finger on each side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventors: Ardon Herman, Dave Dietrich
  • Crop lifter pans
    Publication number: 20110138764
    Abstract: A seed pan apparatus for attachment to a cutting header having a knife and cooperating knife guards mounted along a lower front edge thereof includes a seed pan adapted at a front portion thereof for attachment to a guard finger such that when attached, the seed pan extends upward and rearward from a front portion of the seed pan forward of the guard finger over the guard finger and knife to a rear end thereof located rearward of the knife. Side walls extend upward from side edges of the seed pan, and side edges of the seed pan diverge from a front end to the rear end. The seed pan is configured such that when the seed pan is attached to the guard finger, side edges of the seed pan are located between the attached guard finger and an adjacent guard finger on each side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Ardon Herman, Dave Dietrich
  • Crop lifter pans
    Publication number: 20090183483
    Abstract: A seed pan apparatus for attachment to a cutting header hang a knife and cooperating knife guards mounted along a lower front edge thereof includes a seed pan adapted at a front portion thereof for attachment to the cutting header such that when attached to the cutting header, the seed pan extends upward and rearward from a guard finger of a knife guard over the knife to a rear end thereof located rearward of the knife. Side walls extend upward from side edges of the seed pan, and right and left side edges of the seed pan diverge from a front end thereof to the rear end thereof such that the rear end of the seed pan is wider than the front end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Dave Dietrich
    Inventors: Ardon Herman, Dave Dietrich