Harvesters – Hand rakes – Combined – convertible and attachments
Patent
1995-05-03
1997-02-25
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Hand rakes
Combined, convertible and attachments
5640021, A01D 706
Patent
active
056050348
ABSTRACT:
A rake (140) includes an elongated head (142) and an elongated handle (144). The elongated head (142) includes a white-metal extruded head blank (148) with a tooth-blanking flange (154) and a handle-attaching flange (158). A plurality of rake teeth (186) are blanked, or otherwise defined, in the tooth-blanking flange (154). A pair of identical handle-attaching brackets (202) each having both a semi-cylindrical portion (206) and a flange portion (208) are used to attach the elongated handle (144) to the elongated head (142). The elongated head (142) includes a lifting portion (162) that cooperates with the rake teeth (186) in a raking step, an ironing portion (166) that provides an ironing step, and a secondary smoothing portion (170) for use in a supplemental smoothing step.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4741150 (1988-05-01), Saksun
patent: 5179825 (1993-01-01), Griffiths et al.
patent: 5440869 (1995-08-01), Meehan
Petty Steven J.
South Robert E.
Melius Terry Lee
Midwest Rake Co.
Miller Wendell E.
LandOfFree
Sand-trap rake with an extruded head does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Sand-trap rake with an extruded head, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Sand-trap rake with an extruded head will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1968552