Patents by Inventor Clarence G. Rattray

Clarence G. Rattray 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: 4240476
    Abstract: A log splitting attachment including an elongated V-shaped channel frame for accommodating and immovably supporting various sized logs thereon between a slidably adjustable splitting wedge and knife and an adjustable butt plate of a hydraulic cylinder. The frame is projectable from and is removably attached to the drawbar of a tractor with a hydraulic system and is so supported thereby in a position parallel to and resting on the ground, and the cylinder is removably connectable to the hydraulic system whereby actuation of an accessible control on the frame slidably actuates the cylinder piston and butt plate relative to a splitting wedge adjustably mounted thereon to effect splitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Inventor: Clarence G. Rattray