Harvesters – Hand rakes – Combined – convertible and attachments
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-08
2005-02-08
Pezzuto, Robert E. (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Hand rakes
Combined, convertible and attachments
C056S400100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06851254
ABSTRACT:
A rake having a self-cleaning mechanism and method of its manufacture. The rake comprises a handle, a body, a plurality of tines extending from the body, a push-rod extending along the handle to the body, a push rod actuator for extending and retrieving the push-rod, an actuator bar slidingly attached to the body and connected to the push-rod, at least one extender connected to the actuator bar, and a cleaning bar attached to the extender(s). The cleaning bar has a plurality of cleaning channels, one for each tine and is extended and retrieved along the tines when the push-rod actuator is actuated. Each of the cleaning channels has a shape and a size that generally corresponds to a shape and a size of a respective one of the tines. Upon actuation, cleaning bar moves along the tines such that the cleaning channels remove debris from the tines.
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Falling Leaf Innovations, Inc.
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Pezzuto Robert E.
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