Patents by Inventor John R. Hodge

John R. Hodge 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).

  • Patent number: 4393608
    Abstract: Earth moving and land forming equipment and specifically that which can be used as a scraper and transporter or as a grader, the equipment having an open rectangular frame having a forward and rearward section pivotally connected together with a scraper blade at the forward end of the rearward section adjacent the pivot. The equipment has at its forward end means for connection to the draw bar of a tractor or the like and at its rearward end road wheels. The height of the scraper blade can be adjusted by relative rotation of the frame sections about the pivot and the equipment is also provided with an apron which can be moved from a position away from the scraper blade to a position where it is adjacent the blade and thus restricts movement of earth from a container behind the blade; ripper tynes which can be moved from an operative to an in-operative position and means associated with the land wheels whereby the transverse angle of the frame can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1983
    Inventor: John R. Hodge