Patents by Inventor Jimmy C. Heard

Jimmy C. Heard 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).

  • System for harvesting fruit from citrus trees and for conveying the harvested fruit to a truck for haulage
    Patent number: 5956933
    Abstract: An apparatus for harvesting food from plants comprising a housing with drive mechanisms. Such mechanisms are provided with at least one shaft rotatable with respect to the housing about a first axis, each shaft having a plurality of fingers mounted thereon. Further provided are components for linearly reciprocating each shaft along a second axis generally perpendicular with respect to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventor: Jimmy C. Heard