A01B 73/06
Foldable about a vertical axis
Official title: foldable about a vertical axis
A01B73/06 (Foldable about a vertical axis) appears on 338 US grants and 282 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 338
- Published applications
- 282
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 461
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 11 | 16 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 7 | 23 |
| 2016 | 9 | 19 |
| 2017 | 29 | 24 |
| 2018 | 26 | 19 |
| 2019 | 19 | 16 |
| 2020 | 12 | 18 |
| 2021 | 10 | 15 |
| 2022 | 13 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 23 |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Towed agricultural implement with winged frame and controller to assist operation of the implement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293794 A1
- Folding Device for an Agricultural Tillage Machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256040 A1BEDNAR FMT s.r.o.
- Agricultural Harvesting Machine27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248063 A1CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
- Pneumatic fertilizer spreader and method for operating a pneumatic fertilizer spreader18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165225 A1HORSCH LEEB Application Systems GmbH
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Grain Drill118US 5,398,771 ACrustBuster/Speed King, Inc. · 1995
- Forward-folding, winged, implement frame72US 5,488,996 AKinze Manufacturing, Inc. · 1996
- Forwardly folding tool bar59US 5,113,956 A1992
- Forwardly foldable toolbar52US 4,137,852 ADeere & Company · 1979
- Front folding no-till drill52US 5,232,054 AGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc. · 1993