Patents by Inventor Richard Wayne Lloyd

Richard Wayne Lloyd 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).

  • Apparatus for hill plot farming of cereal grain crops
    Patent number: 8720352
    Abstract: This improved apparatus for planting grain crops provides improved emergence, particularly under heavy soil conditions, promotes more vigorous growth, reduces tillering and improves the yield in wheat and barley crops. The improved apparatus receives seed at a more-or-less uniform rate, captures the flow of seed until a multiplicity of seed generally in the range of 20 to 30 seeds is gathered, then releases seed in concentrated groups spaced apart from one another and with blank or non-seeded portions therebetween into a furrow prepared by an angled disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: HPFM Drill Co., LLC
    Inventors: James David Logan, Richard Wayne Lloyd, Wayne Lucas McProud
  • Apparatus for hill plot farming of cereal grain crops
    Publication number: 20110192330
    Abstract: This improved apparatus for planting grain crops provides improved emergence, particularly under heavy soil conditions, promotes more vigorous growth, reduces tillering and improves the yield in wheat and barley crops. The improved apparatus receives seed at a more-or-less uniform rate, captures the flow of seed until a multiplicity of seed generally in the range of 20 to 30 seeds is gathered, then releases said seed in concentrated groups spaced apart from one another and with blank or non-seeded portions therebetween into a furrow prepared by means of an angled disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: HPFM Drill Company, LLC
    Inventors: James David Logan, Richard Wayne Lloyd, Wayne Lucas McProud