Patents by Inventor Keith Cairns

Keith Cairns 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).

  • Publication number: 20200093074
    Abstract: A cutting system includes a wheel, a tooth and a fastener. The wheel has a hub, a periphery, a side that extends from the hub to the periphery, and a receiver located on the wheel's side. The hub has a longitudinal axis about which the wheel may rotate, and the receiver includes a bearing surface. The tooth is mounted to the wheel's receiver and includes a blade and a mount. The blade cuts material when the wheel rotates about the hub's longitudinal axis and the blade contacts the material. The mount couples the blade to the wheel's receiver. The mount includes a first interface where the blade couples with the mount, and a second interface where the mount couples with the wheel's receiver. The mount's second interface is configured to mimic and nest with the wheel's receiver and includes a bearing surface that transmits to the bearing surface of the wheel's receiver loads that the material exerts on the blade while the blade cuts the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Keith Cairns
  • Patent number: 9686922
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a cutting system for the stump grinder including a cutting assembly configured to be coupled to a wheel on the stump grinder. The cutting assembly may include a mounting block and a cutting block. The mounting block may be disposed in a pocket of the wheel that extends inward from a circumferential outer edge of the wheel. The cutting block may be coupled to the mounting block. The cutting block may have a continuous cutting edge that extends from a first side of the wheel to a second side of the wheel around a circumferential outer edge of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Keith Cairns
  • Publication number: 20130306775
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a cutting system for the stump grinder including a cutting assembly configured to be coupled to a wheel on the stump grinder. The cutting assembly may include a mounting block and a cutting block. The mounting block may be disposed in a pocket of the wheel that extends inward from a circumferential outer edge of the wheel. The cutting block may be coupled to the mounting block. The cutting block may have a continuous cutting edge that extends from a first side of the wheel to a second side of the wheel around a circumferential outer edge of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Keith Cairns
  • Patent number: D675236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Keith Cairns
  • Patent number: D692468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventor: Keith Cairns