A01G 20/15
Specially adapted for stacking sods or sod rolls
Official title: specially adapted for stacking sods or sod rolls
A01G20/15 (Specially adapted for stacking sods or sod rolls) appears on 100 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01G- Granted patents
- 100
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 85
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sod harvesting systems and related methods17 Mar 2026US 12,575,510 B21045929 Ontario Limited
- Sod roll forming mechanism6 Jan 2026US 12,514,172 B2FireFly Automatix, Inc.
- Sod handling apparatus15 Jul 2025US 12,356,902 B21045929 Ontario Limited
- Sod harvesting systems with slab length adjustability17 Jun 2025US 12,329,073 B21045929 Ontario Limited
- Methods for protecting sod during harvest and transport, increasing sod shelf-life, and improving re-establishment upon replanting27 Aug 2024US 12,069,975 B2
- Sod harvester with roller conveyor19 Dec 2024US 2024/0415076 A11045929 Ontario Limited
- Sod handling apparatus26 Sep 2024US 2024/0315180 A11045929 Ontario Limited
- Sod scrap collection apparatus and method17 Aug 2023US 2023/0256883 A1First Products, Inc.
- Sod harvesting systems and related methods25 May 2023US 2023/0157224 A11045929 Ontario Limited
- Adjusting a sod harvester's stacking position to form vertically aligned stacks18 Aug 2022US 2022/0256783 A1FireFly Automatix, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sod cutting and stacking machine36US 4,294,316 A1981
- Sod harvesting apparatus36US 4,966,239 ATiger Industries, Inc. · 1990
- Modular synthetic grass turf assembly32US 7,273,642 B2Fieldturf Tarkett Inc. · 2007
- Automated sod harvesting apparatus29US 5,269,379 ARed Hen Turf Farm Inc. · 1993
- Sod harvesting system28US 5,626,195 ABucyrus Equipment Co., Inc. · 1997