Patents by Inventor Willard Collins

Willard Collins 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: 20140237972
    Abstract: A front end mounted rotary hay rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position. The frame is partly supported by a pair of caster wheel assemblies that are disposed in spaced apart relation with respect to one another and a distal end of the frame which connects securely to a front end loader mounted on a tractor. Oscillatory movement of the caster wheel assemblies is restrained by a brake acting on the shaft of the caster wheel assembly by which it is mounted on the frame. The frame of the rake is pivotally mounted to the front end of the loader. A rotary type rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Willard Collins
  • Patent number: 8495856
    Abstract: A rotary type rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position. The frame is partly supported by a pair of caster wheel assemblies that are disposed in spaced apart relation with respect to one another and a distal end of the frame which connects securely to a front end loader mounted on a tractor. Oscillatory movement of the caster wheel assemblies is restrained by a brake acting on the shaft of the caster wheel assembly by which it is mounted on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Willard Collins
  • Publication number: 20100024375
    Abstract: A rotary type rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position. The frame is partly supported by a pair of caster wheel assemblies that are disposed in spaced apart relation with respect to one another and a distal end of the frame which connects securely to a front end loader mounted on a tractor. Oscillatory movement of the caster wheel assemblies is restrained by a brake acting on the shaft of the caster wheel assembly by which it is mounted on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Willard Collins
  • Publication number: 20070261381
    Abstract: A rotary type rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position. The frame is partly supported by a pair of caster wheel assemblies that are disposed in spaced apart relation with respect to one another and a distal end of the frame which connects securely to a front end loader mounted on a tractor. Oscillatory movement of the caster wheel assemblies is restrained by a brake acting on the shaft of the caster wheel assembly by which it is mounted on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventor: Willard Collins
  • Publication number: 20030131574
    Abstract: A front mounted hitching device designed to be attached to a front-end loader and tractor for the purpose of pushing a farm implement and at the same time, towing a farm implement to accomplish a one-step operation such as raking and baling hay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: George Willard Collins, Billy Dean Collins