Patents Issued in April 23, 2019
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘KORaroma07’
    Patent number: PP30420
    Abstract: ‘KORaroma07’ is a new and distinct variety of Rosa hybrida plant which is characterized by the combination of a compact and bushy growth habit with a moderately vigorous rate of growth, above average resistance to many rose diseases, pink flowers borne solitarily and in racemes of 2 to 5 flowers, double flowers, and flowers with a moderately strong myrrh and floral perfume. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and grafting and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: W. Kordes Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Blueberry plant named ‘BB07-7FL-4’
    Patent number: PP30421
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of blueberry plant named ‘BB07-7FL-4’ as described and shown herein. ‘BB07-7FL-4’ is a new and distinct low chill tetraploid Southern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium) variety of complex ancestry, based largely on V. corymbosum with over 13% V. darrowii and small contributions of V. angustifolium, V. tenellum, and V. ashei. ‘BB07-7FL-4’ is a productive very early season variety. ‘BB07-7FL-4’ is intended for areas that successfully grow lower chill Southern highbush varieties. The fruit of ‘BB07-7FL-4’ are large, typically 18 mm or more in diameter with an average berry weight of 2.9 gram per berry, well exposed on a medium upright bush with a small crown. ‘BB07-7FL-4’ has very good flavor with a balanced amount of sugar and acidity and is also firm and juicy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Berry Blue, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund J. Wheeler, James F. Hancock
  • Blueberry plant named ‘BB06-507MI-52’
    Patent number: PP30422
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Blueberry plant named ‘BB06-507MI-52’ as described and shown. ‘BB06-507MI-52’ is a new and distinct high chill tetraploid Northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium) variety of complex ancestry, based largely on V. corymbosum with small contributions of V. darrowii, V. angustifolium, V. tenellum and V. ashei. It is a very productive and very early ripening. It is characterized as having very large fruit with a very small and dry picking scar, medium blue color and very firm fruit with excellent eating and storage quality for the fresh market. The ‘BB06-507MI-52’ variety has very good flavor with a balanced amount of sugar and acidity and it is also very firm and juicy. Storage ability in refrigeration is excellent up to 6 weeks and longer with very little decline in quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Berry Blue, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund J. Wheeler, James F. Hancock
  • Cherry tree named ‘Carneval’
    Patent number: PP30423
    Abstract: The ‘Carneval’ sweet cherry tree is distinguished by its very early bloom, early harvest maturity, and large, high quality fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Kevin Scott Carney
  • Grapevine named ‘IFG Thirty’
    Patent number: PP30424
    Abstract: This invention is a new and distinct grapevine variety denominated ‘IFG Thirty’. The new grapevine ‘IFG Thirty’ is characterized by producing naturally large, ovate to elongated ovate, black seedless berries which are firm in texture, medium low in acidity and ripen late in the growing season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL FRUIT GENETICS, LLC
    Inventor: David Cain
  • Grape plant named ‘Opportunity’
    Patent number: PP30425
    Abstract: Description and specifications of a new and distinct wine grape cultivar which originated from a hand-pollinated cross of ‘Cayuga White’ (Vitis labrusca L. by V. vinifera L., developed by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y.; female parent, non-patented) x A-1754 (non-patented, non-released breeding genotype; male parent). This new wine grape cultivar can be distinguished by its quality juice attributes for wine production with hardy and productive grapevines adapted to Arkansas and the Mid-South of the United States.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: John Reuben Clark, James N. Moore, Justin R. Morris, Renee Threlfall
  • Strawberry plant named ‘Sangria’
    Patent number: PP30426
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant (Fragaria x ananassa) named ‘Sangria’ is presented here. This new short-day strawberry variety is characterized by a medium vigor plant which produces large, attractive, semi-glossy, long conical to occasionally wedge-shaped berries with a sweet strawberry flavor and a desirable lighter red color in the interior and exterior. ‘Sangria’ is firmer than its parents, allowing for better transport. While still rare, this variety does tend to have a higher than usual propensity to have leaves with four leaflets as compared with other varieties. The variety, while short-day, is partially remontant in cool coastal environments of California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Lassen Canyon Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy Haig Bagdasarian
  • Strawberry plant named ‘Emilia’
    Patent number: PP30427
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant (Fragaria x ananassa) named ‘Emilia’ is described. This new short-day strawberry variety is characterized by large, firm fruit with an attractive light red exterior and interior color, and are long conic to wedge-shaped. The fruit have good sweet strawberry flavor. The plants of this new variety are vigorous and productive, and while this plant is short-day, it is partially remontant in cool coastal environments of California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Lassen Canyon Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy Haig Bagdasarian
  • plant named ‘Jinfeng’
    Patent number: PP30428
    Abstract: ‘Jinfeng’ is a distinctive variety of Broussonetia Plant, which is characterized by its color of leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HENAN MINGPIN COLORIZED SEEDLING CO., LTD
    Inventor: Huaming Wang
  • plant named ‘Jinhudie’
    Patent number: PP30429
    Abstract: ‘Jinhudie’ is a distinctive variety of Broussonetia Plant, which is characterized by its color of leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HENAN MINGPIN COLORIZED SEEDLING CO., LTD
    Inventor: Huaming Wang
  • plant named ‘MINACARA1’
    Patent number: PP30430
    Abstract: A new and distinct Abelia cultivar named ‘MINACARA1’ is disclosed, characterized by a compact and semi-erect plant form. Plants have three distinctive foliage seasons during the year. Foliage color is orange in Spring, yellow and green-orange in Summer, and red to maroon in Autumn. Flowers are of medium size, colored light lavender and white. The new variety is an Abelia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hortival Diffusion SAS
    Inventor: Patrick Pineau
  • plant named ‘NCHA8’
    Patent number: PP30431
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hydrangea cultivar named ‘NCHA8’ is disclosed, characterized by large, mop-head inflorescences with florets that open green and progress to white. Plants have a compact, rounded and upright habit with strong stems. Plants are triploid. The new variety is a Hydrangea normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Thomas Green Ranney
  • plant named ‘H217904’
    Patent number: PP30432
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H217904’, characterized by its compact, upright and rounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit with strong, thick and sturdy stems; early and freely flowering habit; semi-lacecap type inflorescences with numerous double-type sterile flowers that are intense red purple in color; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • Female asparagus plant named ‘FCE4’
    Patent number: PP30433
    Abstract: This invention is a new and distinctive female asparagus plant called ‘FCE4’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Neil K. Stone, Mikeal L. Roose
  • plant named ‘LW-BB1’
    Patent number: PP30434
    Abstract: ‘LW-BB1’ is a high yielding female Cannabis cultivar. The plant shows strongly apically dominant vertical branches, vigorous growth and dark green foliage. The cultivar is very resistant to fungal diseases showing particular resistance to powdery mildew. The inflorescences, which are compact and almost round, are densely covered by glandular trichomes as are the subtending, densely packed foliar bracts. The stems and petioles show purplish markings and the entire inflorescence takes on a somewhat purple cast at maturity. The dried inflorescence shows a richness of terpenoids including ?-Myrcene, ?-Pinene, Terpinolene and ?-Caryophyllene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Green Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Alfred, Ian Dumpert, Kasey Greenwald, Christopher Chapdelaine
  • plant named ‘Aduro Bronze’
    Patent number: PP30435
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Aduro Bronze’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; uniform and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and decorative-type inflorescences with ray florets that are initially red purple in color becoming greyed orange in color with subsequent development giving the inflorescences a bi-colored appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Paraty B.V.B.A.
    Inventor: Elien Sofie Pieters
  • orchid plant named ‘PHALGEXPA’
    Patent number: PP30436
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHALGEXPA’, particularly characterized by having light purple flowers with a purple blush and red-purple lip, 1 to 3 peduncles that are long and moderate, leaves that are oblong, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Nicolaas Gerardus Van Swieten
  • plant named ‘Regpinker’
    Patent number: PP30437
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Regal Geranium plant named ‘Regpinker’, characterized by its compact to medium height; upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; red purple and greyed purple bi-colored flowers; and no required cooling treatment for flower development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Elsner pac Junpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘KRILORW01’
    Patent number: PP30438
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘KRILORW01’ characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; double type flowers that are red and light green to white in color and held above and beyond the foliar plane; and excellent postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KOPPE ROYALTY B.V.
    Inventor: Lubbertus H. Koppe
  • plant named ‘KRHAIPE01’
    Patent number: PP30439
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘KRHAIPE01’ characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; double type flowers that are light salmon red in color and held above and beyond the foliar plane; and excellent postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KOPPE ROYALTY B.V.
    Inventor: Lubbertus H. Koppe
  • plant name ‘KRBEVCH01’
    Patent number: PP30440
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘KRBEVCH01’ characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; semi-double type flowers that are red in color and held above and beyond the foliar plane; and excellent postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KOPPE ROYALTY B.V.
    Inventor: Lubbertus H. Koppe
  • plant named ‘Curgero’
    Patent number: PP30441
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Curcuma plant named ‘Curgero’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit with outwardly arching leaves; freely clumping growth habit; leaves with dark greyed purple-colored midveins; freely flowering habit; and flowers with light yellow green-colored flower bracts and orange red-colored apices that are positioned just above the foliar plane on strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nubilus B.V.
    Inventor: Timothy Johan Herman Hoogkamp
  • plant named ‘COSEH 3140’
    Patent number: PP30442
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘COSEH 3140’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; single purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Josef Heuger
  • plant named ‘Rex Purple’
    Patent number: PP30443
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Rex Purple’, characterized by its uniformly mounded plant habit; densely foliated and bushy appearance; greyed purple-colored leaves; long flowering period; numerous inflorescences with sterile white and red purple-colored flowers; resistance to Powdery Mildew; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: AB Kwekersrechten B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus Maria Joseph Holtmaat
  • Cosmetic brush
    Patent number: RE47359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ARTIS LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Waitesmith
  • Method and apparatus for removing a knockout
    Patent number: RE47360
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a knockout region from a saw blade includes an elongate body having a center axis. A distal end of the elongate body can include a head, having a concave region, wherein the concave region has a fulcrum section. A slot includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the second surface. The first surface and the second surface preferably are separated be a width greater than the thickness of the saw blade. The slot is positioned rearward of the concave region and is angled at a substantially acute angle relative to the center axis. The concave region is sized and shaped such that the fulcrum section contacts a first face of the saw blade and the slot is sized and shaped such that the first surface of the slot contacts a second face of the saw blade. Preferably, the fulcrum region engages the first region and the slot engages the second portion at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: J.A.O. TOOL, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Oymaian
  • Wing lift system
    Patent number: RE47361
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may be present for moving a wing. A plurality of lifting assemblies may be attached to a first plurality of channels in a ring associated with the wing of an aircraft. A plurality of base assemblies may be attached to a plurality of fittings with a second plurality of channels associated with a fuselage of the aircraft. The plurality of lifting assemblies may be moved away from the plurality of base assemblies using a plurality of biasing systems such that the ring may move away from the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Elmer Rumberger, Jr., Patrick F. Joyce, David E. Scheerer
  • Drilling fluid additive with low freezing point
    Patent number: RE47362
    Abstract: A drilling fluid additive, is provided, and the additive comprises: syrup solids and a liquid medium; and the sugar content of the additive is directly proportionate to the freezing point of the additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Mud Masters Acquisition Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry Rayborn, Sr., Dan DeLaRosa
  • Optical sky-sun diffuser
    Patent number: RE47363
    Abstract: An embodiment of a solid optical sky-sun diffuser, which comprises a transparent solid matrix embedding a dispersion of transparent nanoparticles having an average size d in the range 10 nm?d?240 nm; wherein: the ratio between the blue and red scattering optical densities ??Log [T(450 nm)]/Log [T(630 nm)] of said diffuser falls in the range 5???2.5, where T(?) is the Monochromatic Normalized Collinear Transmittance; in at least one propagation direction, said Monochromatic Normalized Collinear Transmittance is T(450 nm)?0.4; in at least one propagation direction said Monochromatic Normalized Collinear Transmittance is T(450 nm)?0.9, said propagation direction being the same or different from that at which said Monochromatic Normalized Collinear Transmittance is T(450 mm)?0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CoeLux S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Di Trapani, Alessandro Averchi, Marta Cecilia Pigazzini
  • Method and system for protecting against the execution of unauthorized software
    Patent number: RE47364
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a client device is protected against the execution of unauthorized software. The client includes a code authentication process that verifies the integrity of executable code, by generating and comparing a first hash value of the executable code with a known hash value of the original code. Furthermore, during boot-up, the client initializes a CPU exception vector table with one or more vector table entries. One or more, or all, of the vector table entries direct the CPU to execute the code authentication process prior to executing an event handler when an exception event occurs. Consequently, the code authentication process is virtually guaranteed to execute, thereby protecting against the execution of unauthorized code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: VUDU, INC.
    Inventors: Edin Hodzic, Andrew M. Goodman, Prasanna Ganesan
  • Systems and methods for using active optical cable segments
    Patent number: RE47365
    Abstract: First and second active optical modules that terminate first and second active optical cable segments, each of which having a respective active end and a respective passive end, can be authenticated by: reading information from active-end storage devices attached to the respective active ends of the first and second active optical modules; providing information read from the active-end storage devices to an aggregation point; reading information from passive-end storage devices attached to the respective passive ends of the first and second active optical cable segments; providing information read from passive-end storage devices to the aggregation point; and authenticating the first and second active optical modules using information provided to the aggregation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kamlesh G. Patel, David Stone, Joseph C. Coffey
  • Image decoding method and apparatus based on a signal type of the control parameter of the current block
    Patent number: RE47366
    Abstract: The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Agricultural implement with boltless tines
    Patent number: 10264721
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes: a chassis; a hitch connected to the chassis; and a harrow carried by the chassis. The harrow includes: a tine frame having at least one clamp tab; and at least one tine clamped to the tine frame by the at least one clamp tab, the at least one tine including a clamped portion with a pair of opposite ends and a pair of vertically descending teeth, each of the vertically descending teeth being connected to a respective end of the clamped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Douglas C. Serrurier
  • Bulb planter
    Patent number: 10264722
    Abstract: The bulb planter employs a pair of members which cooperate to form a generally cylindrical structure with a working end in a closed position. One member pivots to an open pivoted position wherein the members separate at the working ends. An angularly displaceable lever is forced toward a handle to actuate the member for pivoting. Upon release of the lever, the member pivots back to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Acme United Corporation
    Inventors: Richard S. Constantine, Siu-Leung Tang
  • Method for calculating optimized filling amounts for a machine for application of agricultural material and for creation of an optimized path
    Patent number: 10264723
    Abstract: A method is proposed for calculation of optimized filling amounts for containers of a machine for application of an agricultural material, in which a path plan is created and a constant or site-specific variable amount of the agricultural material to be applied along the paths for each container provided in the path plan for the individual containers is added up for calculation and output of the amounts to be filled in each case. In addition, an optimized path plan can be calculated for the machine in terms of a balancing of the amounts of agricultural material to be removed from the individual containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Valentin Gresch, Martin Kremmer
  • Depth and down pressure control of an agricultural fertilizer row unit
    Patent number: 10264724
    Abstract: A fertilizer row unit including a toolbar coupling, first and second suspension members, a pressure applying device, a wheel assembly, a knife assembly and a wheel down pressure system. The first suspension member has a first end pivotally coupled to the toolbar coupling. The second suspension member is generally parallel to the first suspension member. The pressure applying device is coupled to the first or second suspension member. The wheel assembly has at least one wheel. The knife assembly is pivotally coupled to both the first and second suspension members. The wheel down pressure system is coupled to the wheel assembly, the wheel down pressure system substantially maintaining a selected pressure on the wheel assembly while the pressure applying device applies varying pressure to at least the first suspension member and the second suspension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brian T. Adams, Keith W. Wendte
  • Grass trimmer, operating method thereof and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10264725
    Abstract: A grass trimmer includes a trimming head, a driving device for driving the trimming head to rotate so as to cut vegetation and an operating device for a user to operate so as to control the driving device. The trimming head includes a spool and a line holding element, the spool is used to wind a trimming line, and the line holding element is formed with a line holding structure. The driving device includes a motor. The grass trimmer has an auto-winding mode. In the auto-winding mode, the motor drives at least one of the spool or the line holding element to make the spool and the line holding element rotate relatively so that the trimming line is wound on the spool automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd., Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Jianpeng Guo, Maohui Li, Fangjie Nie, Toshinari Yamaoka
  • Frequency of clip control system
    Patent number: 10264726
    Abstract: A frequency of clip control system includes a vehicle controller receiving an output from a ground speed user interface for a requested ground speed, and an output from a frequency of clip user interface for a requested frequency of clip. The vehicle controller sets the speed of an electric reel motor based only on the requested ground speed, the requested frequency of clip, and parameters of the cutting unit including the number of cutting blades of the cutting reel and reel motor to reel speed ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert A. Henson
  • Deckplate auto adjustment mechanism for a harvester row unit
    Patent number: 10264727
    Abstract: A row unit for a header of an agricultural harvester is provided that includes a first longitudinally extending stripping plate and a second longitudinally extending stripping plate each mounted on a frame and each having opposed stripping edges which define a gap between the first stripping plate and the second stripping plate. The row unit includes both operator-selected macro adjustment of the gap and automatic micro adjustment of the gap. The micro adjustment occurs on both deck plates. The micro adjustment is achieved through resilient members positioned functionally between the deck plates and the row unit frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CHN Industrial America, LLC
    Inventors: James M. Gessel, Joel Cook, Eric Walker, Michael Berggren, Fred Hubach, Brian Crow
  • Harvester head draper belt tracking
    Patent number: 10264728
    Abstract: A harvester head may include a frame, a roller configured to support a draper belt and at least one tracking correction arm. The roller has a rotational axis and is pivotably supported by the frame about at least one pivot axis nonparallel to the rotational axis. The at least one tracking correction arm is coupled to the roller and may include a first belt bump stop and a second belt bump stop. The first and second belt bump stops contact portions of the draper belt such that mistracking of the draper belt relative to the roller pivots the roller about the pivot axis until the draper belt is automatically moved back into a tracking relationship with the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Alex A. Brimeyer
  • Agricultural harvesting head with nested draper belt drive
    Patent number: 10264729
    Abstract: An agricultural harvesting head having an elongate frame, a rear wall, side conveyors and a center conveyor. The side conveyor having an endless belt conveyor with an endless recirculating belt supported on an idler roller and a drive roller. The side conveyor is driven by an endless drive belt nested within the endless recirculating belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Mark Schuler, Nathaniel R. Bernklau
  • Agricultural tool control system
    Patent number: 10264730
    Abstract: An agricultural tool including an elongated frame, ground engaging wheels for supporting the frame, and at least two rotors carried by a respective arm. Each respective arm is moveable into a working position in which the rotors are carried on opposing sides of the frame at a distance away from the frame. Each rotor includes a hub provided with tines and each hub is supported above the ground by at least one support wheel. The tool further includes a control system which detects when the tool is moving around a bend and identifies which of the rotors is an inner rotor moving on the inside of the bend and raises the inner rotor to compensate for the downward force exerted on the inner rotor during the turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: AGCO Feucht GmbH, AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Wägner, Lorenz Riegger
  • Bale handling and feeding apparatus and associated methods
    Patent number: 10264731
    Abstract: Bale handling apparatus and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, a bale handling apparatus includes a primary chassis frame, wheels coupled with the primary chassis frame, a grapple system supported by the primary chassis frame, wherein the grapple system includes a plurality of grapples which move between open and closed positions, a hoist assembly supported by the primary chassis frame, wherein the hoist assembly comprises a load bed, and a lift device configured to move the load bed between a first position and a second position, wherein the grapples are configured to move from the open position to the closed position to engage a bale of a vertically arranged stack which is adjacent to the load bed positioned in the second position, and wherein the lift device moves the load bed from the second position to the first position with the grapples engaged with the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Leland Driggs
  • Harvested bale wrapping material sheets
    Patent number: 10264732
    Abstract: In a continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments are arranged so that a permanent adhesive is protected until the point when this adhesive is to be exposed for securing a wrapping segment to itself, encircling a subject bale located in and harvested from a field, wherein the contiguous wrapping segments separate from each other either at a point of weakness associated with perforations and the like, or as overlaid segments that slidably come apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Baling chamber with pivotally mounted conveying unit
    Patent number: 10264733
    Abstract: A baler baling chamber has a movable chamber part pivotally mounted at a fixed chamber part. Several conveying units convey the bale along a circumferential wall. The baler can be transferred into a bale ejecting mode by pivoting the movable chamber part away from the fixed chamber part. One conveying unit is mounted at the moveable chamber part and adjacent to the fixed chamber part. In a bale forming mode, the adjacent conveying unit engages into a receiving aperture in the fixed chamber part and conveys loose material into the bailing chamber. The adjacent conveying unit can be pivoted away from the fixed chamber part and out of the receiving aperture increasing the aperture for ejecting a bale out of the bale forming chamber as the adjacent conveying unit is pivoted out of the receiving aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Forage Company B.V.
    Inventors: Malte Cornelius Schlichting, Jürgen Borchers
  • Chopping drum for a field chopper
    Patent number: 10264734
    Abstract: Chopping drum (10) for a field chopper, having a drum body (11), having a blade carrier (12) and having a plurality of blades (13) which are fastened to the blade carrier (12), each blade (13) being fastened to the blade carrier (12) via at least two fasteners (14) which extend through a fastening section (15) of the respective blade (13) into the blade carrier (12), and the fasteners (14) penetrating the fastening section (15) of the respective blade (13) at an angle of between 40° and 70°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Birkhofer
  • Composting garden container
    Patent number: 10264735
    Abstract: A planter in the form of a tower planter having an internal vertical composting capability is provided. The planter has a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel with a plurality of openings formed about its cylindrical side. A hollow inner cylindrical composting tube having a plurality of perforations formed in its cylindrical wall is provided. The space formed between the inner tube and barrel wall is filled with growing medium such as potting soil. The inner tube is filled with compost material. A plurality of worms is added to the inner tube compost material. Water is added to the inner tube and barrel on a daily basis. Plants are inserted into the outer barrel side openings. A removable container is placed at the bottom of the tube and barrel, said container adapted to capture water draining out from the tube and barrel, as well as periodically receiving compost from the compost tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Colin Cudmore
  • Radially slotted annular coupling system
    Patent number: 10264736
    Abstract: A coupler including an annular body having an annular body outer surface and an annular body inner surface connecting opposed annular body first and second faces, the annular body inner surface bounding an internal opening communicating between the opposed annular body first and second faces; the annular body having opposed annular body first and second ends which connect the annular body outer and inner surfaces and the annular body first and second faces to define a radial slot which communicates with the internal opening; the annular body sufficiently resiliently flexible to provide an adjustable radial slot width of the radial slot; and a plurality of spaced apart teeth radially inwardly projecting from the annular body inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Thriving Systems Design, LLC
    Inventor: Jason E. Rider
  • Cultivation system
    Patent number: 10264737
    Abstract: Cultivation system (1) comprised of an endless cultivation track (2), that includes a number of support members (5) on which that is to be grown is moved along the cultivation track's length under illumination from a plurality of lighting units (7). A specific feature present cultivation system is that at least one of the lighting units (7) is arranged to be movable to and from a position (9), where it is intended to provide light, to and from a position at at least one support member (5) in which the lighting unit may be connected at the support member (5) and that movement of the lighting unit (7) may occur with the support member (5) to and from an arbitrary position along the cultivation track's length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Johansson
  • Conformal tree staking apparatus
    Patent number: 10264738
    Abstract: An apparatus for staking a tree is provided that includes a rigid body defining an outer surface, an inner surface, and opposed guides, the inner surface having a conformal curvature and the opposed guides being disposed along a longitudinal periphery of the rigid body, wherein the conformal curvature is sized to conform to an outer profile geometry of the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Justin Dart Ward