Patents by Inventor Steve Crowhurst

Steve Crowhurst 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: 20240156061
    Abstract: A wearable device for moving animals in a pastoral environment from their current location to a more desirable location to defecate or urinate (void), or cueing or training an animal to void when in a desirable location. The device administers a stimulus to a bovine animal to move it away from less desirable locations such as waterways, to more desirable locations, such as areas of carbon-rich soil, areas where previous animals have not voided recently, and excreta catchment areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: HALTER USA INC.
    Inventors: Craig Piggott, Daniel Hearn, Steve Crowhurst
  • Publication number: 20240147896
    Abstract: A system and method to allow precise control of amendments to soil or pasture is disclosed. Current amendment systems may add too much or the wrong type of amendment to pasture, for example on locations high in animal waste, therefore leading to environmental risks. The system includes a wearable device to be worn by an animal. The wearable device is able to determine at least one of the location of an animal, and activity of the animal, such as urinating. This information is modified by a series of steps, and then uploaded or communicated to an amendment applicator to selectively apply an amendment to a pasture appropriately depending on the received animal information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron John Traynor, Steve Crowhurst, Carlos Eduardo De Souza Garbiatti