Patents by Inventor Glen Alvin Anthony Yanko

Glen Alvin Anthony Yanko 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).

  • Crop lifting apparatus
    Patent number: 7520119
    Abstract: A flexing crop lifter apparatus includes a finger recess portion configured to receive a forward end of a guard finger, and a securing portion is adapted for attachment to the cutting header. A ski mounting plate extends rearward and downward from the finger recess portion under an attached guard finger. A ski member is attached at a rear end thereof to a rear end of the ski mounting plate and extends forward under the ski mounting plate and curves upward at a front end thereof. A lifting arm extends rearward from the front end of the ski member back and over a knife of the cutting header when the apparatus is attached to the guard finger. The ski member and the ski mounting plate are configured to flex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ralph McKay Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Glen Alvin Anthony Yanko
  • CROP LIFTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080196379
    Abstract: A flexing crop lifter apparatus includes a finger recess portion configured to receive a forward end of a guard finger, and a securing portion is adapted for attachment to the cutting header. A ski mounting plate extends rearward and downward from the finger recess portion under an attached guard finger. A ski member is attached at a rear end thereof to a rear end of the ski mounting plate and extends forward under the ski mounting plate and curves upward at a front end thereof. A lifting arm extends rearward from the front end of the ski member back and over a knife of the cutting header when the apparatus is attached to the guard finger. The ski member and the ski mounting plate are configured to flex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Glen Alvin Anthony Yanko