Patents by Inventor Philip L. Friday

Philip L. Friday 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).

  • Fruit and nut harvesting apparatus
    Patent number: 4269021
    Abstract: A catching frame for a fruit and nut harvesting apparatus comprising a pair of sheets which can be rolled up on rolls and which can be unrolled and simultaneously moved angularly into encircling relationship to a tree trunk underlying the branches of the tree for catching fruit dislodged from the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Friday Tractor Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Philip L. Friday
  • Tree shaking apparatus
    Patent number: 4254608
    Abstract: A tree trunk-type shaking apparatus, for vibrating a tree to effect harvesting of fruit or nuts, including a fixed trunk-engaging jaw and a pair of relatively movable, vibratable, trunk-engaging jaws. The three jaws are arranged so that they can surround a tree trunk and contact same over almost the entirety of the periphery thereof. Vibration of the two vibratable jaws while in contact with the tree trunk will shake the tree trunk and thereby dislodge the ripe fruits or nuts therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: Friday Tractor Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Philip L. Friday