Harvesters – Horse rakes
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-04
2001-12-18
Pezzuto, Robert E. (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Horse rakes
C172S643000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06330784
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to rakes and more particularly pertains to a new rake assembly for attachment to a tractor.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of rakes is known in the prior art. More specifically, rakes heretofore divised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,833,011; U.S. Pat. No. 3,190,367; U.S. Pat. No. 3,613,802; U.S. Pat. No. 1,525,580; U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,696; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 298,138.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new rake assembly. The inventive device includes a mounting assembly for mounting to a tractor. An arm has a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The arm is fixedly coupled to the mounting assembly. A plurality of securing means secures the arm to the tractor. A plurality of fingers for raking the ground surface is each mountable to the arm. Each of the fingers has an elongate member having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The elongate member has a bore therein, which is generally adjacent to the first end of the elongate member. The middle portion of the elongate member has a curve therein such that a length of the elongate member forms a loop for wrapping about the arm. A bracket secures the elongate member to the arm. A head portion for contacting the ground surface has a first end and a second end. The head portion is generally hollow, and the first end is open. The second end of the elongate member is fixedly inserted in the first end of the head portion.
In these respects, the rake assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of attachment to a tractor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of rakes now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new rake assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for attachment to a tractor.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new rake assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the rakes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new rake assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art rakes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a mounting assembly for mounting to a tractor. An arm has a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The arm is fixedly coupled to the mounting assembly. A plurality of securing means secures the arm to the tractor. A plurality of fingers for raking the ground surface is each mountable to the arm. Each of the fingers has an elongate member having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The elongate member has a bore therein, which is generally adjacent to the first end of the elongate member. The middle portion of the elongate member has a curve therein such that a length of the elongate member forms a loop for wrapping about the arm. A bracket secures the elongate member to the arm. A head portion for contacting the ground surface has a first end and a second end. The head portion is generally hollow, and the first end is open. The second end of the elongate member is fixedly inserted in the first end of the head portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing, of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new rake assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the rakes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new rake assembly which is not anticipated. rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art rakes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new rake assembly which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new rake assembly which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new rake assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such rake assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new rake assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new rake assembly for attachment to a tractor.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new rake assembly which includes a mounting assembly for mounting to a tractor. An arm has a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The arm is fixedly coupled to the mounting assembly. A plurality of securing means secures the arm to the tractor. A plurality of fingers for raking the ground surface is each mountable to the arm. Each of the fingers has an elongate member having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The elongate member has a bore therein, which is generally adjacent to the first end of the elongate member. The middle portion of the elongate member has a curve therein such that a length of the elongate member forms a loop for wrapping about the arm. A bracket secures the elongate member to the arm. A head portion for contacting the ground surface has a first end and a second end. The head portion is generally hollow, and the first end is open. The secon
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