Patents by Inventor Terry Dean Hardesty

Terry Dean Hardesty 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).

  • Walk-behind mower reverse belt tensioner
    Patent number: 5692366
    Abstract: A belt drive tensioning device for a walk-behind mower having a power source, a transmission and shiftable between forward, neutral and reverse modes, right and left drive pulley's driven by the transmission, right and left drive belts driven by the drive pulleys, right and left ground engaging wheels driven by the drive belts, right and left idler pulleys shiftable into engagement against the drive belts for selectively placing drive tension in the drive belts, right and left biasing means for applying a force to the idler pulleys to bias the idler pulleys into engagement with the drive belts and place drive tension in said drive belts, right and left rods operatively coupled with the idler pulleys for shifting the idler pulleys toward and away from engagement with the drive belts, right and left pivotable levers coupled with the rods, the levers being independently engagable by the operator for pulling the respective rod and shifting the respective idler pulley in a direction away from engagement with the d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Terry Dean Hardesty