Patents by Inventor Jonathan Dallas Toye
Jonathan Dallas Toye 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).
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Publication number: 20230345884Abstract: A ground cover material for use in horticulture has on one side a low white layer comprising a transparent or translucent polymer and a low amount of a white pigment or pigments, and on an opposite side a metallized layer. In use the material is placed beneath fruit trees for example, and provides a balance of direct and diffuse reflection of incident solar radiation back to the fruit trees.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventor: Jonathan Dallas TOYE
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Patent number: 11231086Abstract: An improved agricultural sheeting fastening component for use in anchoring agricultural sheet material includes two arms, each including one or more prongs having a tip adapted to pierce the sheet material to connect the fastening component to the sheet material, wherein a terminating portion of the prong(s) extends in a direction away from a junction of the prong to the arm and at an angle between the arm and the terminating portion of the prong of between about ?25 and about 45 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Publication number: 20210352855Abstract: Described herein is a pillar knitted crop netting comprising widely spaced knitted pillars and crop netting materials comprising a region(s) having such construction. Also described herein are crop nettings comprising yarns defining apertures to form the netting wherein said apertures have a plurality of sides formed by yarn sections and at least one of those yarn sections may be relatively slack when the netting is held taut in lengthwise and widthwise directions. The above nettings may have advantageous hail passage performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventor: Jonathan Dallas TOYE
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Publication number: 20210144932Abstract: The invention relates to crop netting materials, crop cover materials, and ground cover materials that transmit solar radiation in the visible wavelength range of about 420 to 720 nm at a level similar to the level that the materials transmit solar radiation in the infra red wavelength ranges of about 700 to about 1000 nm and 1500 to about 1600 nm. The materials also absorb solar radiation in the UV wavelength range of about 300 to about 380 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Jonathan Dallas Toye, Suzanne Elizabeth Foy
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Publication number: 20210127600Abstract: A clip for fixing an agricultural ground sheet cover material, or a netting, in place comprises two inter-engageable parts, each part having a jaw at one end for gripping sheet material or netting between the jaws when the two inter-engageable parts are closed together, a locking tab on one of the inter-engageable parts, a locking bar on the other of the inter-engageable parts, and and cord engaging formations at an opposite end of at least one of the inter-engageable clip parts, adapted to grip a cord between the cord engaging formations to lock the cord to the clip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Nine IP LimitedInventor: Jonathan Dallas TOYE
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Publication number: 20210092910Abstract: An agricultural netting material has a construction profile across the width of the netting in which one or more construction elements varies across the width of the netting, a construction element in a first region of at least 20 cm width of the netting being different to the construction element in a second region of at least 20 cm width of the netting, the construction element being one of a yarn thickness, a yarn width, a yarn transmittance, a yarn pigmentation, a yarn reflectance, a yarn absorbance, a netting aperture size, a netting construction pattern and a netting cover factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventor: Jonathan Dallas TOYE
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Patent number: 10939624Abstract: A netting material is knitted from at least two synthetic material yarns of which one is an opaque and the other is a transparent or translucent or different opaque yarn. A knitted netting material comprises a plurality of primary yarns knitted to form a mesh construction having an arrangement of primary apertures defined by yarn intersections and yarn connecting portions between yarn intersections, and a plurality of secondary yarns crossing over the primary apertures to form secondary apertures within the primary apertures.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: 10849281Abstract: An agricultural netting material has a construction profile across the width of the netting in which one or more construction elements varies across the width of the netting, a construction element in a first region of at least 20 cm width of the netting being different to the construction element in a second region of at least 20 cm width of the netting, the construction element being one of a yarn thickness, a yarn width, a yarn transmittance, a yarn pigmentation, a yarn reflectance, a yarn absorbance, a netting aperture size, a netting construction pattern and a netting cover factor.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: 10791680Abstract: The invention relates to crop netting materials, crop cover materials, and ground cover materials for agricultural applications, which is knitted, woven or non-woven, from a synthetic monofilament, multifilament yarn, or tape or combination thereof, formed from a resin comprising at least one pigment such that the monofilament, multifilament yarn, or tape, transmit solar radiation in the visible wavelength range of about 420 to 720 nm at a level similar to the level that the materials transmit solar radiation in the infra-red wavelength ranges of about 700 to about 1000 nm and 1500 to about 1600 nm. The materials also absorb solar radiation in the UV wavelength range of about 300 to about 380 nm.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Dallas Toye, Suzanne Elizabeth Foy
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Patent number: 10752464Abstract: A fabric roll up core for carrying rolls of sheet material such as ground covers or canopy sheet materials including netting materials, used in agriculture or horticulture, such as bird, insect, hail, shade, wind barrier netting materials, comprises a profile formed in an outer surface that assists in maintaining the sheet material on the fabric roll up core when rolling the sheet material onto the fabric roll up core and which may be effective to work with roll up drive means. The core may be formed in one piece or as multiple connected parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Dallas Toye, Suzanne Elizabeth Foy
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Patent number: 10750679Abstract: Crop protection netting for covering trees or other plants for insect and bird exclusion is of a knitted mesh construction, comprising knit intersections in the netting and connecting yarn portions between the yarn intersections which extend substantially linearly between intersections. The netting is lightweight and stretchable in multiple directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Nine IP LimitedInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: 10750680Abstract: A woven sheet crop material comprising a woven region and a smaller knitted region. The woven region comprises a main body of the material and the knitted region is affixed to the woven region to provide an affixment region for attachment of fixing means, such as C clips or carbine clips.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: 10750681Abstract: A netting material having a length dimension and a width dimension much smaller than the length dimension is formed by threads knitted or woven together. The netting material has a main portion comprising knitted or woven apertures, a reinforced edge portion at or adjacent each longitudinal edge of the netting material comprising a longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features, and a reinforced intermediate portion between the reinforced edge portions. The reinforced intermediate portion has a first longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features and a corresponding second longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features. In use, the netting material is folded so that the first longitudinal row of fastening features and the second longitudinal row of fastening features are brought together to form a double-layered row of fastening features.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Publication number: 20200103001Abstract: An improved agricultural sheeting fastening component for use in anchoring agricultural sheet material includes two arms, each including one or more prongs having a tip adapted to pierce the sheet material to connect the fastening component to the sheet material, wherein a terminating portion of the prong(s) extends in a direction away from a junction of the prong to the arm and at an angle between the arm and the terminating portion of the prong of between about ?25 and about 45 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Jonathan Dallas TOYE
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Patent number: 10595473Abstract: Described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) in which longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material are stronger than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material. Also described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) having longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material of lower porosity than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: 10285338Abstract: A netting material having a length dimension and a width dimension much smaller than the length dimension comprises a flap folded from a fold region of the netting material along a longitudinal fold line at a distance from a longitudinal edge of the netting. The flap therefore comprises at least two layers of the netting material folded together. One or more eyelets are provided in the flap.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Dallas Toye, Dean Alan Kutschkau
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Publication number: 20190059244Abstract: Described herein is a pillar knitted crop netting comprising widely spaced knitted pillars and crop netting materials comprising a region(s) having such construction. Also described herein are crop nettings comprising yarns defining apertures to form the netting wherein said apertures have a plurality of sides formed by yarn sections and at least one of those yarn sections may be relatively slack when the netting is held taut in lengthwise and widthwise directions. The above nettings may have advantageous hail passage performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: 10136588Abstract: Described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) in which longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material are stronger than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material. Also described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) having longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material of lower porosity than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: NINE IP LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: D844403Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Nine IP LimitedInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye
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Patent number: D878186Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Nine IP LimitedInventor: Jonathan Dallas Toye