Patents by Inventor Fredric D. Schreiner
Fredric D. Schreiner 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).
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Patent number: 11540438Abstract: A mulching insert for use with a lawn mower having a frame and a cutting deck supported by the frame, includes a molded, single-piece body configured to be received in the cutting deck. The body includes an attachment portion that is configured to be engaged by a portion of the lawn mower to removably mount the body to the cutting deck. The body defines a mulching chamber within the cutting deck that provides clearance for a cutting blade of the lawn mower.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Patent number: 11540439Abstract: A lawn mower includes a seat plate movably coupled to the frame. An operator seat is coupled to the seat plate. An armrest is laterally spaced from the operator seat and includes an elongated support, an arm support surface, and a control panel. The elongated support has a first end fixed to the seat plate and a second end. The arm support surface is coupled to the second end and can support a user's arm. The control panel is positioned between the arm support surface and the second end of the elongated support. The control panel is fixed to the elongated support for movement with the seat plate such that the control panel remains stationary relative to the seat plate. The control panel includes an actuator to control a function of the lawn mower. The actuator is configured to be actuated while the user's arm is on the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventors: Daniel J. Gindt, Andrew Donati, Christopher Forrest, Derek Mikula, Rebecca Vissers, Fredric D. Schreiner, Scott Lyman, Matthew P. Schuller-Rach
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Publication number: 20200022303Abstract: A lawn mower includes a seat plate movably coupled to the frame. An operator seat is coupled to the seat plate. An armrest is laterally spaced from the operator seat and includes an elongated support, an arm support surface, and a control panel. The elongated support has a first end fixed to the seat plate and a second end. The arm support surface is coupled to the second end and can support a user's arm. The control panel is positioned between the arm support surface and the second end of the elongated support. The control panel is fixed to the elongated support for movement with the seat plate such that the control panel remains stationary relative to the seat plate. The control panel includes an actuator to control a function of the lawn mower. The actuator is configured to be actuated while the user's arm is on the support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Daniel J. Gindt, Andrew Donati, Christopher Forrest, Derek Mikula, Rebecca Vissers, Fredric D. Schreiner, Scott Lyman, Matthew P. Schuller-Rach
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Publication number: 20170273237Abstract: A mulching insert for use with a lawn mower having a frame and a cutting deck supported by the frame, includes a molded, single-piece body configured to be received in the cutting deck. The body includes an attachment portion that is configured to be engaged by a portion of the lawn mower to removably mount the body to the cutting deck. The body defines a mulching chamber within the cutting deck that provides clearance for a cutting blade of the lawn mower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Patent number: 9699960Abstract: A system for mounting a mulching insert to a lawn mower includes a cutting deck configured to receive the mulching insert and a spindle extending from the cutting deck. The spindle is configured to support a cutting blade for rotation relative to the cutting deck. The system also includes a spindle housing mounted to the cutting deck and surrounding the spindle. The system further includes a mounting member coupled to the spindle housing. The mounting member is configured to support the mulching insert within the cutting deck.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Publication number: 20150052868Abstract: A cutting blade for use with a lawn mower includes a body having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an end extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The cutting blade also includes a cutting edge formed on the leading edge of the body. The cutting edge includes a radially outermost tip that defines a cutting circumference of the cutting blade. The cutting blade further includes a lift portion coupled to the body and defining at least a portion of the trailing edge. The end of the body at the trailing edge is spaced at least 0.5 inches radially inward from the cutting circumference of the cutting blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Ariens CompanyInventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Publication number: 20150047310Abstract: A system for mounting a mulching insert to a lawn mower includes a cutting deck configured to receive the mulching insert and a spindle extending from the cutting deck. The spindle is configured to support a cutting blade for rotation relative to the cutting deck. The system also includes a spindle housing mounted to the cutting deck and surrounding the spindle. The system further includes a mounting member coupled to the spindle housing. The mounting member is configured to support the mulching insert within the cutting deck.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Ariens CompanyInventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Publication number: 20150047308Abstract: A cutting blade for a lawn mower includes a body defining an aperture for mounting the cutting blade to the lawn mower, a cutting edge formed along at least a portion of the body, and a lift portion extending from the body away from the cutting edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Ariens CompanyInventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Patent number: 7793745Abstract: An implement with two independent transmissions drives a common output shaft. Each transmission is configured to rotatably drive the output shaft in a different direction to simplify changing the ground direction of the implement. Moreover, in a preferred embodiment, the transmissions are actuated by levers that provide infinitely variability of the implement's ground speed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventors: Brian J. Witt, Fredric D. Schreiner
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Publication number: 20090183593Abstract: An implement with two independent transmissions drives a common output shaft. Each transmission is configured to rotatably drive the output shaft in a different direction to simplify changing the ground direction of the implement. Moreover, in a preferred embodiment, the transmissions are actuated by levers that provide infinitely variability of the implement's ground speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Brian J. Witt, Fredric D. Schreiner
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Publication number: 20080256919Abstract: A lawn mower includes a cutting deck, a cutting blade positioned underneath the cutting deck, a prime mover driving rotation of the blade, a plurality of wheels supporting the cutting deck, a handle extending upward from the deck, and a clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism is actuable without the use of tools to clamp the handle against a portion of the deck to fix by friction alone the handle against pivoting with respect to the deck. The mechanism may also be unclamped to permit the handle to pivot with respect to the deck. The clamp mechanism may in some embodiments include first and second clamp mechanism that clamp first and second portions of the handle to respective first and second portions of the deck.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: Fredric D. Schreiner
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Patent number: 7013627Abstract: A bagging device for use on a lawnmower includes a frame, a bag attached to the frame and having a bag opening aligned with a discharge opening on the lawnmower, and at least one wheel rotatably mounted to the frame. During operation of the lawnmower, vegetation clippings from the lawnmower are collected in the bag. When the bagging device is mounted on the lawnmower, the at least one wheel is in a stowed condition and does not support any weight of the bagging device. The at least one wheel is generally at the top of the bagging device when the bagging device is attached to the lawnmower. When the bagging device is detached from the lawnmower, the bagging device is flipped or toppled over to position the at least one wheel at the bottom of the bagging device to facilitate rolling the bagging device away from the lawnmower.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventors: Jeffery T. Hebbard, Fredric D. Schreiner, Robert T. Woelfel
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Patent number: 6996963Abstract: A utility cart for lawn and garden applications and adapted for mounting on a lawnmower for catching vegetation clippings from the lawnmower. The cart includes at least one wheel that is in a stowed position when the cart is mounted on a lawnmower such that the at least one wheel bears no weight of the cart. The cart has substantially rigid walls and a handle movable between stowed and deployed positions. The handle pivots with respect to the cart by way of pins in a pivot slot and a guide slot. The slots include locking portions that receive the pins and prevent the handle from pivoting with respect to the cart to facilitate hauling items in the cart and to facilitate lifting the cart off of a lawnmower.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventors: Timothy J. Peter, Fredric D. Schreiner, Robert T. Woelfel
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Patent number: D584746Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Ariens CompanyInventors: Fredric D. Schreiner, Troy Beyer