A01D 34/18
Guard fingers
Official title: Guard fingers; Ledger-plates
A01D34/18 (Guard fingers) appears on 53 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01D- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 77
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Garden tool with blade cover16 Jun 2026US 12,653,097 B2Techtronic Cordless GP
- Cutting assembly for an agricultural or forestry cutter22 Apr 2025US 12,279,551 B2Smf - Holding GmbH
- Sickle cutter apparatus for cutting crop30 Aug 2022US 11,425,858 B2MacDon Industries Ltd.
- Header for an agricultural harvester having a draper seal23 Aug 2022US 11,419,270 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Cutting system of an agricultural machine header2 Aug 2022US 11,399,457 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Cutting tool12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068811 A1Betek GmbH & Co. KG
- Garden tool with blade cover24 Aug 2023US 2023/0263095 A1Techtronic Cordless GP
- Cutting assembly for an agricultural or forestry cutter6 Oct 2022US 2022/0312671 A1Smf - Holding GmbH
- Switchable cutting blade paired with harvester blade protector13 Jan 2022US 2022/0007572 A1
- Cutting system of an agricultural machine header27 May 2021US 2021/0153429 A1CNH Industrial America LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sickle guard27US 3,978,645 ANational-Standard Company · 1976
- Hold-down sickle guard24US 4,519,192 ANational-Standard Company · 1985
- Injection molded knife guards24US 5,209,053 AVixen Mfg. Inc. · 1993
- Knife guard filler fingers20US 4,530,204 A1985
- Sickle guard having adjustable knife section hold-down structure20US 4,894,979 AHesston Corporation · 1990