Patents by Inventor Scott Gordon Scarpinato

Scott Gordon Scarpinato 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: 20230415937
    Abstract: A harvesting vehicle including harvesters configured to pick crops. The harvesting vehicle also can include a crop fluid transporter configured to float and transport the crops in a fluid on the harvesting vehicle. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Harvest CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Henry Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato, Alexander Scott Bicigo
  • Patent number: 11760516
    Abstract: A system including a flume. The flume can include a fluid and be configured to receive crops. The system also can include crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale. The system additionally can include the scale. The scale can be configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale. The system further can include a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HARVEST CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Henry Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato, Ryan McGee
  • Patent number: 11483975
    Abstract: A harvesting vehicle including a body, a plurality of wheels coupled to the body, and a pick deck coupled to the body. The pick deck can include a plurality of picking systems configured to be carried over plants growing in at least one plant bed to harvest crops of the plants. The pick deck can include at least one sensor system configured to provide distance measurement data of a height of the pick deck over the at least one plant bed. The harvesting vehicle also includes a plurality of actuators each adjustably coupling the pick deck to the body, and a suspension control system configured to adjust at least a vertical position of the pick deck with respect to the body based at least in part on the distance measurement data. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HARVEST CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato
  • Publication number: 20220194641
    Abstract: A system including a flume. The flume can include a fluid and be configured to receive crops. The system also can include crop selectors each sized to move the crops individually from the flume into a scale. The system additionally can include the scale. The scale can be configured to weigh the crops while the crops are in the scale. The system further can include a container carrier configured to (i) hold a container that is submerged in the fluid while the crops are dumped from the scale into the container and (ii) lift the container out of the fluid to allow the fluid to drain from the container while the container holds the crops. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Harvest CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Henry Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato, Ryan McGee
  • Publication number: 20190166764
    Abstract: A harvesting vehicle including a body, a plurality of wheels coupled to the body, and a pick deck coupled to the body. The pick deck can include a plurality of picking systems configured to be carried over plants growing in at least one plant bed to harvest crops of the plants. The pick deck can include at least one sensor system configured to provide distance measurement data of a height of the pick deck over the at least one plant bed. The harvesting vehicle also includes a plurality of actuators each adjustably coupling the pick deck to the body, and a suspension control system configured to adjust at least a vertical position of the pick deck with respect to the body based at least in part on the distance measurement data. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Harvest CROO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Pitzer, Scott Gordon Scarpinato