Patents by Inventor Mark A. Gerein

Mark A. Gerein 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: 6035943
    Abstract: An agricultural implement provides improvements in ground-working implements having both a lowered ground-working mode and a raised transport mode wherein structure is provided to offset the effects of the moment forces created in the working mode. A fluid circuit is connected to a fluid actuator for controlling forces exerted thereby between a hitch member and the implement main frame and it is operable in a working mode to exert a resilient biasing force on the hitch member thus enabling pivotal floating motion of the hitch member while simultaneously countering force moments applied to the main frame by the ground-working tool. This system is also operable in a transport mode wherein the actuator exerts sufficient force between the hitch member and the forward end of the main frame as to assist in lifting and maintaining the implement in a raised transport mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Flexi-Coil Ltd
    Inventors: Mark A. Gerein, Ron Zwarich