Patents by Inventor Leon Ventura

Leon Ventura 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).

  • Lettuce harvesting for cup-shaped portions of heads
    Patent number: 8074365
    Abstract: Lettuce can be commercially harvested by removing the bottom portion of a head of lettuce to obtain only the top portion of the head. After the top portion of the head is obtained, a center section of the top portion of the head is removed to leave a cup-shaped portion of the head. The bottom portion of the head is removed and the center section of the top portion is removed in the field in which the head is harvested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Nash, Leon Ventura, Rafael Garibay
  • LETTUCE HARVESTING FOR CUP-SHAPED PORTIONS OF HEADS
    Publication number: 20110088364
    Abstract: Lettuce can be commercially harvested by removing the bottom portion of a head of lettuce to obtain only the top portion of the head. After the top portion of the head is obtained, a center section of the top portion of the head is removed to leave a cup-shaped portion of the head. The bottom portion of the head is removed and the center section of the top portion is removed in the field in which the head is harvested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin NASH, Leon VENTURA, Rafael GARIBAY
  • Lettuce harvesting for cup-shaped portions of heads
    Patent number: 7861415
    Abstract: Lettuce can be commercially harvested by removing the bottom portion of a head of lettuce to obtain only the top portion of the head. After the top portion of the head is obtained, a center section of the top portion of the head is removed to leave a cup-shaped portion of the head. The bottom portion of the head is removed and the center section of the top portion is removed in the field in which the head is harvested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Nash, Leon Ventura, Rafael Garibay
  • Apparatus and method for sealing boxes
    Patent number: 7331154
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a box having four top flaps initially disposed in an open position. The apparatus includes a conveying system for conveying the box from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a flap folding system for folding the top flaps of the box into folded and horizontal positions as the box is conveyed from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The flap folding system has a first flap folding member configured to fold a fourth top flap of the box, a second flap folding member configured to fold a second top flap of the box, and a pair of oppositely disposed side flap folding members configured to fold a first and third top flaps of the box so as to abut each other. A tape dispensing system is configured to dispense tape across at least a portion of the third and fourth top flaps of the box in order to maintain the third and fourth top flaps in abutment with each other, thereby sealing the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Dole Food Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Ventura, Serafin Albarran
  • Lettuce harvesting for cup-shaped portions of heads
    Publication number: 20070214763
    Abstract: Lettuce can be commercially harvested by removing the bottom portion of a head of lettuce to obtain only the top portion of the head. After the top portion of the head is obtained, a center section of the top portion of the head is removed to leave a cup-shaped portion of the head. The bottom portion of the head is removed and the center section of the top portion is removed in the field in which the head is harvested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Nash, Leon Ventura, Rafael Garibay
  • Apparatus and method for sealing boxes
    Publication number: 20070157546
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a box having four top flaps initially disposed in an open position. The apparatus includes a conveying system for conveying the box from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a flap folding system for folding the top flaps of the box into folded and horizontal positions as the box is conveyed from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus. The flap folding system has a first flap folding member configured to fold a fourth top flap of the box, a second flap folding member configured to fold a second top flap of the box, and a pair of oppositely disposed side flap folding members configured to fold a first and third top flaps of the box so as to abut each other. A tape dispensing system is configured to dispense tape across at least a portion of the third and fourth top flaps of the box in order to maintain the third and fourth top flaps in abutment with each other, thereby sealing the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Dole Food Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Ventura, Serafin Albarran