Patents by Inventor John Mirusso

John Mirusso 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).

  • Positioning equipment
    Patent number: 9173341
    Abstract: Equipment for the placement or positioning of one or more items in or on the ground is provided. In one form, an apparatus includes a toolbar, a container, a metering unit configured to selectively control release of one or more items from the container and an application member configured to deliver the one or more items released from the container to the ground. In one aspect of this form, the metering unit is configured to selectively control release of one or more spherical items having a diameter in the range of about 0.25 inches to about 1.0 inches, and more particularly, but not exclusively, in the range of about 0.5 inches to about 0.75 inches, from the container to the application member. In another more particular aspect, the spherical items are capsules that include a shell wall encapsulating a pesticide composition and including a gelatin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Weiss, John Mirusso, John D. Busacca, Phillip J. Howard
  • POSITIONING EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20140158032
    Abstract: Equipment for the placement or positioning of one or more items in or on the ground is provided. In one form, an apparatus includes a toolbar, a container, a metering unit configured to selectively control release of one or more items from the container and an application member configured to deliver the one or more items released from the container to the ground. In one aspect of this form, the metering unit is configured to selectively control release of one or more spherical items having a diameter in the range of about 0.25 inches to about 1.0 inches, and more particularly, but not exclusively, in the range of about 0.5 inches to about 0.75 inches, from the container to the application member. In another more particular aspect, the spherical items are capsules that include a shell wall encapsulating a pesticide composition and including a gelatin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Weiss, John Mirusso, John D. Busacca, Phillip J. Howard
  • Under bed fumigator
    Patent number: 7316190
    Abstract: Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 50° angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90° angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Daniel O. Chellemi, John Mirusso
  • Under bed fumigator
    Patent number: 7197993
    Abstract: Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 15° angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90° angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Daniel O. Chellemi, John Mirusso
  • Under bed fumigator
    Publication number: 20060213406
    Abstract: Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 50° angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90° angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Chellemi, John Mirusso
  • Under bed fumigator
    Publication number: 20040065240
    Abstract: Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 15° angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90° angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel O. Chellemi, John Mirusso