Patents by Inventor Frank L. Gray, Jr.

Frank L. Gray, Jr. 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: 4491212
    Abstract: Apparatus for aiding a picker in harvesting fruit and like items, including a closed container releasably secured to the picker's side at the thigh and having a crush-resistant, flexible hose of a large diameter compared to the item to be picked connecting into the container. The hose and its free end are releasably secured to the arm and hand of the picker. A funnel member partly surrounds the hand, with the hand passing into the funnel area through a side opening in the funnel member. The side opening closely surrounds the wrist so as to prevent any loss of fruit through it. The funnel member connects with the free end of the hose. The rim of the funnel is releasably secured to open between the upper wrist and smallest finger so that the thumb and main fingers of the hand can readily pick fruit and like items and propel or drop them into the funnel, wherefrom they may roll or fall through the hose and into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Inventor: Frank L. Gray, Jr.