Patents by Inventor Damon van Zanen

Damon van Zanen 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).

  • Publication number: 20220024706
    Abstract: A horticultural container dispensing system has a gravity-fed pot supply source having a plurality of linearly spaced pot paths and supports a plurality of pot stacks along the pot paths in a nested configuration. A pot provisioning apparatus has retention members to selectively release an end-most one of the plurality of pots from each pot stack at a release location. A pot engagement apparatus has a plurality of pot gripper devices associated with the pot paths to selectively engage an internal surface of the end-most one of the pots in the respective pot stack at the release location. A carriage apparatus selectively translates the pot gripper devices between the release location and a dispense location. The pot gripper devices selectively disengage the internal surface of the end-most one of the pots, respectively, at the dispense location. Pot grippers and provisioning apparatuses are interchangeable to accommodate differing pot sizes and shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Robert N. Lando, Joseph G. Smith, Neil M. Mabrouk, George L. Andulics, Charles M. Kirschner, Kane D. Hogan, Damon van Zanen, Laurens de Boer, Robert Karl Doepper