Vegetable and fruit saver

Details Vegetable and fruit saver Vegetable and fruit saver

1997-02-28

1998-12-15

Melius, Terry Lee

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

Catchers

563401, 47 25, A01D 7500

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058485228

ABSTRACT:
A product and method for increasing the yield of quality fruits and vegetables by gathering fallen produce above the ground in a simply constructed enclosure thereby reducing the incidence of spoilage. A plurality of arms having holes therein and hooks, a stake and a step as parts thereof, said stakes being forced into the earth surrounding the plant by stepping on said step. A net is hooked onto the arms in an imaginary frustoconical shape so that fallen fruit can be held in place where fallen and can be urged to the stem of the plant where a shield encircling the plant surrounds the stem for collecting the fallen produce. Tying means threaded into the holes of the arms encircles the net to provide support therefor and to ensure that all fallen fruit is gathered on the shield for subsequent collection. A method for the assembly of the fruit and vegetable saver is presented.

REFERENCES:
patent: 948579 (1910-02-01), Nickell
patent: 1111597 (1914-09-01), Littleton
patent: 1366563 (1921-01-01), Fleckner
patent: 1494149 (1924-05-01), Cabala
patent: 1515551 (1924-11-01), Christo
patent: 2519678 (1950-08-01), MacKenzie

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