Harvesters – Fruit gatherer – Pole supported
Patent
1994-11-23
1995-11-07
Suchfield, George A.
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
Pole supported
56339, A01D 4624
Patent
active
054638593
ABSTRACT:
A fruit picking apparatus for easily penetrating foliage to access fruit, and for removing fruit from a stem, including a generally cylindrical receptacle formed as a one piece construction and having a closed upper end, a closed lower end and a side wall extending therebetween, the upper end and the lower end being sloped to facilitate penetration of foliage, an opening for receiving fruit formed in the side wall intermediate the upper end and the lower end and terminating proximate the upper end with a convergent slot extending in the direction of the upper end, a shaft, and a threaded socket extending from the lower end of the receptacle along a longitudinal axis, for removably receiving a threaded end of the shaft.
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Flickinger Don J.
Parsons Robert A.
Suchfield George A.
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