Patents by Inventor Gordon F. Utter

Gordon F. Utter 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).

  • Vegetation cutting apparatus having a semiautomatically dispensed flexible line cutting element
    Patent number: 4131997
    Abstract: A spool carrying flexible cutting line is selectively engaged by a detent arrangement secured to a rotatable head assembly. A free end of the line passes through an opening in the assembly to permit vegetation to be cut during rotation of the head assembly. The spool normally rotates with the head assembly. When additional line from the spool is required, actuation of the detent arrangement releases the spool permitting relative rotation between the spool and the head, causing line to be dispensed from the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Inventor: Gordon F. Utter