Patents Issued in May 4, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170118901
    Abstract: The present document discloses an agricultural implement comprising a first frame section (10), a portion (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b), which is moveable relative to the first frame section, and an actuator (15a, 15b, 16a, 16b, 215) for controlling a relative movement between the first frame section (10) and the portion (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b). The agricultural implement has a first sensor (20, 220), arranged to provide a first value corresponding to the angle of the first frame section relative to a predetermined reference plane or a predetermined reference direction, and a second sensor (21, 22), arranged to provide a second value corresponding to the angle of the portion relative to the predetermined reference plane or the predetermined reference direction. Said reference plane or reference direction is defined in relation to a direction of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Crister Stark
  • Publication number: 20170118902
    Abstract: An agricultural implement system including a hitch assembly configured to couple to a tow vehicle, a plurality of wing tool bars coupled transversely to the hitch assembly, and a plurality of wing frames pivotally coupled to the plurality of wing tool bars. Each wing frame is configured to support a plurality of row units and is positioned forward of a respective wing tool bar. The agricultural implement system further includes an air cart support arm with a first and second end. The first end of the air cart support arm is pivotally coupled to the wing tool bar and the second end of the air cart support arm is configured to couple to an air cart and the air cart support arm is configured to drive the air cart in a rearward direction relative to the hitch assembly in response to rotation of the wing tool bar in the rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Terrance Alan Friggstad
  • Publication number: 20170118903
    Abstract: An agricultural implement system including a hitch assembly configured to couple to a tow vehicle, a plurality of wing tool bars coupled transversely to the hitch assembly, and a plurality of wing frames pivotally coupled to the plurality of wing tool bars. Each wing frame is configured to support a plurality of row units and is positioned forward of a respective wing tool bar. The agricultural implement system further includes an air cart support arm with a first and second end. The first end of the air cart support arm is pivotally coupled to the wing tool bar and the second end of the air cart support arm is configured to couple to an air cart and the air cart support arm is configured to drive the air cart in a rearward direction relative to the hitch assembly in response to rotation of the wing tool bar in the rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Terrance Alan Friggstad
  • Publication number: 20170118904
    Abstract: The present invention describes an air-powered device that propels seed from a storage container and distributes seeds from a horizontal tube into a series of vertical tubes, and shoots the seeds from those vertical tubes into the ground. The device can be carried by a human user or mounted on a cart having wheels or skis, and towed through a field while being used to plant seed. The different methods of carrying and operating the device enable farmers to utilize the device in different types of terrain and during different condition. The device can be manufactured from common, affordable materials, such as PVC, and offers rural farmers a portable solution for planting their crops that is efficient and low-cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Todd M. Hyman, Bunika San
  • Publication number: 20170118905
    Abstract: A method of configuring an agricultural metering system includes coupling one of a first meter roller cartridge frame and a second meter roller cartridge frame to a meter roller to form a meter roller cartridge. The first meter roller cartridge frame has one or more first openings having a first aggregate area, and the second meter roller cartridge frame has one or more second openings having a second aggregate area, different from the first aggregate area. The method includes engaging the meter roller cartridge with a meter box of the agricultural metering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ethan Curtis Stephen Bent, Dennis W. Chahley, Dennis George Thompson, Gordon Anthony Engel
  • Publication number: 20170118906
    Abstract: A manifold apparatus for an air seeder includes a manifold housing defining a output ports equally spaced around a perimeter thereof. An input port is defined in a bottom side of the manifold housing, and an input conduit extends downward therefrom. A distributor component is formed by a bottom side of a top plate of the manifold housing above the input port and directs product granules moving upward in an air stream in the manifold interior outward toward the perimeter of the manifold housing. A relative lateral position of the distributor component with respect to the input port is adjustable, and interference members extend an adjustable distance into the input conduit and/or manifold interior to contact the particles and change their flow path. The variables are manipulated to achieve positions where a rate of product flow through each output port is within a selected range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Norbert BEAUJOT
  • Publication number: 20170118907
    Abstract: A system and method that automatically transfer liquid manure from an intermediate holding receptacle to a lagoon involves a common pump for both agitating the liquid manure in and pumping the liquid manure from the receptacle. A pump motor, first valve, second valve and directable agitation nozzle of the pump are controlled by an electronic controller. The electronic controller switches on the pump motor, ensures that the first valve is closed and ensures that the second valve is open when the receptacle is full, directs the nozzle to at least two different locations in the receptacle to permit liquid manure to be redirected to the at least two different locations to agitate the liquid manure for a predetermined period of time, and opens the first valve after the predetermined period of time to permit pumping of the liquid manure from the receptacle to the lagoon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Nuhn Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian Nuhn
  • Publication number: 20170118908
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus for applying liquid products to row crops. The liquid dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of drop assemblies supported by and laterally spaced along a boom structure and pivotal with respect thereto. Each of the drop assemblies includes dribble hoses for dribbling a liquid product onto the soil in a rhizosphere of adjacent crop rows. The drop assemblies may include a spray assembly for spraying the row crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Tyler Ritland, Timothy Sauder, Lee Dahlhauser, James Hodges, Dan Muff
  • Publication number: 20170118909
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement (1) for connecting a mower knife drive to a mower knife (7), that moves back and forth along a knife or X-axis, has a driving element (2) and an output element (3). The driving element (2) connects the connecting arrangement (1) to the mower knife drive. The output element (3) connects the connecting arrangement (1) to the mower knife (7). The driving element (2) and the output element (3) rotate relative to one another about three mutually perpendicular axes of rotation (X, Y, Z). Also, the driving element (2) and output element (3) can be moved relative to one another along at least two of the axes of rotation (Y, Z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Heinrich Gunter SCHUMACHER, Andreas ROTH
  • Publication number: 20170118910
    Abstract: A cutting head for use with a cutting tool, such as a grass trimmer. The cutting head has a housing, a line spool and a supporting cap. One end of the housing is coupled to an end of a motor output shaft and another end has an opening. A line spool is disposed in the housing and rotates along with the housing. At least one end of a line wound around the line spool extends out of the housing. The supporting cap is rotatably disposed at the end of the line spool adjacent to the opening and is exposed to an exterior of the housing through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Hanzheng Li
  • Publication number: 20170118911
    Abstract: A cutting blade for use on trimmer rotary head assemblies configured to cut unwanted vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Orlando Jerez
  • Publication number: 20170118912
    Abstract: A lawnmower uses thin, replaceable blades with a hardened cutting edge and a cross-section defining an airfoil retained in cartridges that are inserted and removed from rotors in a blade assembly at need. The cartridges comprise a blade and rotor interlocking elements affixed to the blade, each rotor interlocking element corresponding to one rotor in the blade assembly. Each rotor and rotor interlocking element includes features that allow the two to be securely engages so that the rotors may be spun quickly in a mower blade assembly to cut grass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Zerbarini, Paul Zerbarini, Robert Zerbarini, Dan Myer, David Jalbert, Sean Patrick Suiter
  • Publication number: 20170118913
    Abstract: A three headed cutter is comprised of a cover assembly under which are located the three cutting head assemblies. The cover assembly, along with the cutting head assemblies, are designed so as to rotate around impediments, the cover assembly pivots around a central axis. The three headed cutter has a connecting member which connects it to the tractor by way of an articulated boom arm. The boom arm connects with the connecting member at a pivot point, from which a biasing means is also connected. The biasing means and pivot point allow for the cover assembly to take in the shock of hitting an impediment by having the boom arm move at its pivot point so as to move the cover without damage just before the start of its rotation around the impediment. Each of the three cutting head assemblies consists of a twin blade member and a caster. The caster rotates with the cutting head assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Christian Coutu
  • Publication number: 20170118914
    Abstract: A harvester includes an auger tube having a first portion and a second portion adjacent the first portion, an auger flight within the first portion of the tube and terminating prior to the second portion to move grain to the second portion, a window along the second portion of the tube and a camera to capture images of grain within the second portion of the tube. A computing device determines grain mass flow based upon the captured images, a dimension of the second portion of the tube and a grain density factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron J. Bruns, Matthew J. Darr
  • Publication number: 20170118915
    Abstract: An agricultural work machine is provided comprising a surroundings detection device for detecting a surroundings in sections, and one or more controllable working elements, wherein the surroundings detection device generates surroundings detection signals, which can be processed in a control and regulating device assigned to the agricultural work machine, wherein the surroundings detection device is designed as a scanner, which scans the surroundings in scanning planes, and wherein each scanning plane is assigned to the control of working elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Middelberg, Thilo Krause
  • Publication number: 20170118916
    Abstract: A header which is couplable with a base unit of an agricultural harvester. The header includes a rotatably driven first sub-system, a rotatably driven second sub-system, a first input drive, and a second input drive. The first input drive is mechanically couplable with the base unit. The first input drive is configured for driving the first sub-system at a first operating speed. The second input drive is mechanically couplable with the base unit. The second input drive is configured for driving the second sub-system at a second operating speed which is independent of the first operating speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: James M. Gessel, Jaclyn Raetzman, Joel T. Cook, Nicholas J. Laufenberg, Jay D. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20170118917
    Abstract: A toothed crushing disk for a grain processor includes teeth having a trailing tooth flank, which is a so-called tooth back, and a leading tooth flank, which is a so-called tooth face, on the surface of the teeth. The teeth have a wear protection zone in the region of the tooth back which is continuous or is divided into partial zones and has a wear resistance which is greater than that of the material of a base member of the toothed crushing disk. The base member has a tooth structure which determines the shape of the teeth and the wear protection zone is produced by using a high-energy beam method with the geometry of the tooth structure being substantially maintained. A method for producing a toothed crushing disk for a grain processor having teeth on the surface thereof is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: WOLFGANG LUTZ, MARKUS NADLINGER, HARALD SCHARNER
  • Publication number: 20170118918
    Abstract: An agricultural material baling system comprises, in one example, a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain, and a control system configured to determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, and provide an output indicative of the different location. In one example, the control system is configured to receive yield data indicative of a volume of agricultural material in a path of the baler and to control the baling system based on the yield data. In one example, the yield data is obtained from a raking operation that rakes the agricultural material into a windrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan A. Chaney, Craig E. Wenzel, Alex D. Foessel, Henry D. Anstey, Jeremy M. Erdmann, Rodrigo H. Nomura, Anand Gupta
  • Publication number: 20170118919
    Abstract: A baler apparatus includes a cylindrical bale-forming chamber defined by a set of compression elements positioned around the circumference of the bale-forming chamber, and a drive mechanism configured to drive rotary movement of the compression elements. At least one of the rotary compression elements is configured to provide a reduced level of traction relative to a bale in the bale chamber, as compared to at least a majority of the other rotary compression elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Kuhn Coldrop BV
    Inventor: Henriekus Theodorus Hubertus TENBULT
  • Publication number: 20170118920
    Abstract: A water-retaining enclosure for surrounding trees and bushes and holding water, on flat or sloped hillsides. The enclosure is made of a resilient, polymeric material, such as wood/polymer composite. The bottom edge of the enclosure can have a sharpened edge or sawteeth for cutting into the soil. The upper edges can be tapered. The ends can be joined together to make a 360° ring using a watertight joint, or left open to form a 270° (¾) circle. The joint can utilize an elastomeric seal, finned connector, mating conical surfaces, interlocking flanges, or an interference fit to make it watertight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Stewart, Elaine A. Hart
  • Publication number: 20170118921
    Abstract: A tree pruner includes an extension shaft, a fixed jaw secured on a top of the extension shaft, a blade laterally and pivotally mounted onto the fixed jaw, an operating element connected to the extension shaft for operating the blade and a clamping device laterally secured on the fixed jaw. The fixed jaw and the blade are coupled to cut the branch and the clamping device is provided to clamp the cut branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Yu-Sheng LO
  • Publication number: 20170118922
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vertical growing carousel including a first upright member, a first drive gear associated with the first upright member, a first chain connected to the drive gear, a first plurality of support brackets connected to the first chain, a second upright member opposite the first upright member, a second drive gear associated with the second upright member, a second chain connected to the second drive gear, a second plurality of support brackets connected to the second chain, a driveshaft extending between the first upright member and the second upright member, a motor connected to the driveshaft, a plurality of growing trays, each growing tray respectively comprising, a substantially flat base, a plurality of upstanding sidewalls extending, up from the flat base, a plurality of electrical contacts for receiving electrical power, and at least one light on a bottom side of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Seros LLC
    Inventor: Tristyn Sherertz
  • Publication number: 20170118923
    Abstract: In embodiments there is disclosed a modular pole for horticultural and agricultural use, pole sections and connector pins for use to assemble the pole, and methods for assembling the pole. In embodiments a connector pin is inserted into end sockets in opposed pole section ends and in embodiments the ends are held onto the connector pin by a fastener which may comprise a clip or a threaded sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Montagano
  • Publication number: 20170118924
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved attachment devices fort support lines in plant growth support systems (e.g., trellis systems) and methods of using the same, and offers significant improvements in efficiency with regard to assembling, adjusting, and disassembling the support systems for plant and crop growth. The attachment devices may be advantageously used for various vine and low-lying plants (e.g., grapes, tomatoes, etc.) that can be grown in a trellis system or other vertical growth support system. The anchoring devices may include a wire loop for slipping over an end support bar and a wire strainer bracket attached to the wire loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: David Parrish
  • Publication number: 20170118925
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtainment unit configured to obtain spectroscopic information generated from image information of a plant captured by an imaging unit; and a generation unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a degree of water stress of the plant, based on the obtained spectroscopic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi NOGUCHI, Kensuke MASUDA, Kohji OSHIKIRI, Takeshi DENDA, Shohei MATSUMURA, Yasuhiro TOMII, Yuji YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170118926
    Abstract: An agricultural netting material has a construction profile across the width of the netting in which one or more construction elements varies across the width of the netting, a construction element in a first region of at least 20 cm width of the netting being different to the construction element in a second region of at least 20 cm width of the netting, the construction element being one of a yarn thickness, a yarn width, a yarn transmittance, a yarn pigmentation, a yarn reflectance, a yarn absorbance, a netting aperture size, a netting construction pattern and a netting cover factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan Dallas TOYE
  • Publication number: 20170118927
    Abstract: In the case of a drip irrigation tube the dosing elements which are inserted therein and are connected to the walling of the drip irrigation tube each comprise inlet regions, dosing regions and outlet regions, through which the water issues out of the drip irrigation tube via outlet openings installed in the tube walling. The outlet openings are in the form of a slit, the edge regions of the slit are supported by supporting means in such a manner as to limit bending of the edge regions of the slit towards the dosing elements. As a consequence, when negative pressure prevails in the tube contaminants are prevented from being able to penetrate through the slits into the dosing elements and block same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ahai Loebinger, Eberhard Kertscher
  • Publication number: 20170118928
    Abstract: A subsurface water, air and/or nutrient delivery tube having an upper cap portion and a depending elongated tubular portion depending therefrom. The upper cap portion includes a central portion having openings therethrough. The depending elongated tubular portion is frustoconical in configuration and includes a plurality of holes extending therethrough, between an upper and lower end thereof. In some configurations, multiple delivery tubes can be coupled together one of end to end and nested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: David M. Allen
  • Publication number: 20170118929
    Abstract: A controller has two irrigation station module connection areas within it and can either accept two irrigation station modules at the same time or one larger module that spans both connection areas. The larger module, however, includes more irrigation station terminals than both of the smaller irrigation station modules combined. Therefore, a greater number of irrigation stations can be connected to the controller when the larger module is substituted for the two smaller modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Randall Pearson, Burnett Jones, Jack McIntosh, Brian Edward Ries, Jeffrey A. Miller, Noel Macasias, Eric Pettet, Tong Le, Michael Jackson
  • Publication number: 20170118930
    Abstract: A precipitation sensor including: an outer housing having a top portion and forming the first cavity, and inside of the first cavity including a variable-permittivity medium that is exposed at a top of the first cavity; first and second conductive plates extending along at least part of a vertical dimension of the first cavity, the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate disposed so that the variable-permittivity medium separates opposing surfaces of the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate; the outer housing having a bottom portion forming a second cavity, the second cavity including means for measuring an electromagnetic characteristic of a capacitor formed by the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the variable-permittivity medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Venkataramu L. Bangalore, Michael Rene, Michael McCafferty, Lex Michael Mason
  • Publication number: 20170118931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a geotextile that is treated with: a metal such as copper to prevent plant roots or microorganisms growing on and through the geotextile. The geotextile is used in conjunction with a subsurface fluid supply system, where the treated geotextile prevents the ingress of roots into drippers that are disposed on conduit of the fluid supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Irrigation & Water Technologies IP Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Geoffrey Charles Cresswell, David Hinton
  • Publication number: 20170118932
    Abstract: A process of growing a phototrophic biomass in a reaction zone, including a reaction mixture that is operative for effecting photosynthesis upon exposure to photosynthetically active light radiation, is provided. The reaction mixture includes phototrophic biomass that is operative for growth within the reaction zone. In one aspect, the carbon dioxide supply is modulated in response to detected process parameters. In another aspect, inputs to the reaction zone are modulated based on changes to the carbon dioxide supply. In another aspect, dilution of the carbon dioxide-comprising supply is effected. In another aspect, pressure of the carbon dioxide-comprising supply is increased. In another aspect, water is condensed from the carbon dioxide-comprising supply and recovered for re-use. In another aspect, the produced phototrophic biomass is harvested at a rate which approximates a predetermined mass growth rate of the phototrophic biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jaime A. GONZALEZ, Max KOLESNIK, Steven C. Martin, Tony Di Pietro, Emidio Di Pietro
  • Publication number: 20170118933
    Abstract: The invention provides Catharanthus plants comprising a male sterility allele and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by crossing Catharanthus plants comprising a male sterility allele. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Denis R. Flaschenriem, Alan D. Blowers
  • Publication number: 20170118934
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SV3394MF and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SV3394MF and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Mills
  • Publication number: 20170118935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-760 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-760 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-760 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jacob van Alphen, Petrus Jacobus Walterus Kok
  • Publication number: 20170118936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-759 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-759 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-759 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jacob van Alphen, Petrus Jacobus Walterus Kok
  • Publication number: 20170118937
    Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 09158 TOF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Bernard Catharina Hubert Silvertand
  • Publication number: 20170118938
    Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV3231GG. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV3231GG, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV3231GG with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SV3231GG, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Kmiecik
  • Publication number: 20170118939
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LCI7002, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LCI7002 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LCI7002, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LCI7002, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Yifru Teklu
  • Publication number: 20170118940
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated HID3190, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line HID3190 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line HID3190, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line HID3190, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: William H. Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20170118941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-150 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1-32 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), a multi-leaf trait, and dark to very dark green mature leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-150 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-150 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Cornelis Marinus Moor, Cornelia Antoinetta Maria Luijten
  • Publication number: 20170118942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 81-90 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1-32 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), resistance to lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), and resistance to corky root rot (Sphingomonas suberifaciens). The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 81-90 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 81-90 RZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Adrianus Martinus Jozeph Ammerlaan, Christophe Henri Thomas, Anne-Laure Odile Cécilia Girard
  • Publication number: 20170118943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or characterising an endophyte strain, said method including providing a plurality of samples of endophytes, subjecting said endophytes to genetic analysis, subjecting said endophytes to metabolic analysis and selecting endophytes having a desired genetic and metabolic profile. The present invention also relates to novel endophytes having a desired toxin profile wherein the endophyte produces significantly less toxic alkaloids compared with a control endophyte such as standard toxic (ST) endophyte; and/or significantly more alkaloids conferring beneficial properties compared with a control endophyte such as ST endophyte. The present invention also relates to endophyte variants having a desired genetic and metabolic profile, wherein said endophyte variants possess genetic and/or metabolic characteristics that result in a beneficial phenotype in a plant harbouring or otherwise associated with the endophyte variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Agriculture Victoria Services PTY LTD
    Inventors: German Spangenberg, Kathryn Michaela Guthridge, John White Forster, Timothy Ivor Sawbridge, Emma Jane Isobel Ludlow, Jatinder Kaur, Simone Jane Rochfort, Maia Andrea Rabinovich, Piyumi Ekanayake
  • Publication number: 20170118944
    Abstract: Litter boxes are provided that have a tear-away flap on the top and/or the front of the box. The tear-away flap can be pulled outward from the box to form a mat that can provide an entry to the box. Positioning the tear-away flap as a mat can expose a corrugate fluting structure on the tear-away flap. This structure can act as an anti-tracking trap as the cat leaves the box with litter on the paws. An overhang on one or more sides of the box (preferably three sides) can prevent litter from “splashing” out of the box onto the floor. After the pet owner is finished using the litter box, the pet owner can fold the tear-away flap back onto the top of the box to reseal the box to keep the litter in the box for disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen A. Wurth, Adam M. Hobler, Nathan Foster Huck, Ronald Bailey
  • Publication number: 20170118945
    Abstract: A waste cartridge in combination with a waste machine or apparatus that maintains waste pads for a pet owner, automatically or manually by removing and sealing soiled pads and waste and then replacing the soiled pad with a clean pad on a pet bed of the machine. The apparatus senses when a pet is using a waste pad portion and when the pet is finished, the machine takes up the soiled portion of the pad and removes and seals the soiled portion of the pad roll and the waste automatically, moving the pad into a repository for later removal and disposal of the waste cartridge when the pad roll is used up and then replacing removed pad with a new waste cartridge. The waste cartridge is comprised of a pad roll and a take-up rod attached to one end of the pad by any means such as a clip, slot or adhesive on the take-up rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Brilliant Pet 2 LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Cook, Thomas E. Devlin, Kris W. Grube
  • Publication number: 20170118946
    Abstract: A disposable kitty litter box is provided. The disposable kitty litter box includes a base portion and a plurality of layer portions each including a plurality of apertures. In an assembled configuration, the plurality of apertures of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions are offset from each other to keep kitty litter from passing between a plurality of apertures of a top layer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Steve SAREYANI
  • Publication number: 20170118947
    Abstract: A foldable transport box, particularly for transporting small animals, having a bottom, at which two face walls and two side walls made from one or more parts are pivotally mounted. The face walls and the side walls are essentially collapsed onto the bottom in the folded state of the transport box, while in the erected state of the transport box, starting from the bottom, they are essentially erected aligned upwards. The side walls are connected to each other at the top in the erected state of the transport box in order to close the transport box at the top. The side walls are detachably connected to each other at the top of the transport box in the erected state, with at least one side wall being detachable from the face walls and pivotal towards the outside in order to open the transport box in the opened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Rotho Kunststoff AG
    Inventors: Christian Thoma, Markus Brunner
  • Publication number: 20170118948
    Abstract: The disclosed safety device helps prevents the dog from falling from, being thrown from, or jumping from the back of a pickup truck by securing them with a safely attached net to the truck racks. The net grids (openings) are sized to either allow or prevent the dog from getting just their heads through the net. The net is easily removable for tall cargo and it also allows you to carry cargo that normally needs to be secured to the truck bed itself or in a truck with a cap. The cargo can be such as; commercial and residential construction material, yard debris, and sporting goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas J. Fahey
  • Publication number: 20170118949
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for improved hygienic monitoring of individually ventilated caging (IVC) rack systems for laboratory animals and method for contamination-free removal of biological samples from unwanted organisms from the IVC-rack system. The device allows the performance of sampling operations on a ventilated shelving system in a safe and effective manner, without interfering with the ventilation air flow. The method of the invention allows the removal and transfer of the biological sample from inside the IVC-rack in a contamination-free manner by enabling a safe transfer of the sample from inside the IVC-rack system to any further processing procedure for analysis of the biological sample outside the IVC-rack system. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a device which is adapted to be used also on existing ventilated shelving systems, allowing the refitting of existing IVC-rack systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Markus BRIELMEIER, Wolfgang NAGEL, Julia ZORN, Alfredo CAMPIOTTI, II, Gianpaolo MILITE, Carmelo DI MARTINO
  • Publication number: 20170118950
    Abstract: A pet housing/carrier including a base having a floor with a rim mounted thereon and projecting around the periphery thereof, a collapsible canopy defining a crown for mounting on the rim and detachably attached thereto, the crown constructed of multiple triangular panels rising upwardly from the rim and turning radially inwardly, and being constructed to be self-supporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Jingmin Xu