Patents by Inventor Benjamin Jerry Swart

Benjamin Jerry Swart 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).

  • Single lever mower deck height-of-cut control
    Patent number: 7716906
    Abstract: A single lever mower deck height-of-cut control provides a hand control connected to a depth stop cam that is movable to a plurality of cutting height positions. A push button switch on the hand control may be actuated to extend a hydraulic lift mechanism against a lift arm to raise the mower deck. The mower deck descends while the push button switch is not actuated until the lift arm engages the depth stop cam at a specified cutting height position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Benjamin Jerry Swart
  • SINGLE LEVER MOWER DECK HEIGHT-OF-CUT CONTROL
    Publication number: 20090173052
    Abstract: A single lever mower deck height-of-cut control provides a hand control connected to a depth stop cam that is movable to a plurality of cutting height positions. A push button switch on the hand control may be actuated to extend a hydraulic lift mechanism against a lift arm to raise the mower deck. The mower deck descends while the push button switch is not actuated until the lift arm engages the depth stop cam at a specified cutting height position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventor: Benjamin Jerry Swart
  • Interchangeable mulching/discharge mowing deck
    Patent number: 7146791
    Abstract: A convertible mower deck having a mulching mode and a discharge mode. The deck is convertible from the mulching mode to the discharge mode by removal of an insert that extends along the rear of the cutting chamber walls of the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Randy Edward Benway, Benjamin Jerry Swart, Michael P. Schemelin