Sod positioning machine
AssigneeSidekick USA, LLC
InventorPaul Carlson
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Abstract
An apparatus for a vehicle used for positioning sod strips includes a structure for mounting on the vehicle frame and a pushing plate slidably mounted to the structure. The pushing plate is arranged to be abuttable to an edge of a sod strip. A pair of cylinders are operatively mounted between the structure and the pushing plate to slide the pushing plate away from the structure to laterally shift a sod strip to tighten up seams between adjacent sod strips. The pushing plate slides in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the straight ahead driving direction of the vehicle.
Claims14
An apparatus for positioning sod strips, comprising:
- a mounting structure for mounting on a vehicle;
- a pushing plate assembly slidably mounted to the structure, the pushing plate assembly having a vertical pushing surface arranged to be abuttable to a vertical edge of a newly placed sod strip that has already been placed flat on the ground;
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- at least one actuator operatively mounted between the mounting structure and the pushing plate assembly to slide the pushing plate assembly away from the mounting structure to position and laterally compress the newly placed sod strip, the at least one actuator arranged to exert a force on the pushing plate assembly that has both horizontal and downward components.
An apparatus for positioning sod strips, comprising:
- a mounting structure for mounting on a vehicle;
- a pushing plate assembly slidably mounted to the structure, the pushing plate assembly having a vertical pushing surface arranged to be abuttable to a vertical edge of a newly placed sod strip that has already been placed flat on the ground, and a horizontal surface arranged to be pressed to the ground on a side of the vertical pushing surface opposite the vertical edge of a newly placed sod strip;
- at least one actuator operatively mounted between the mounting structure and the pushing plate assembly to slide the pushing plate assembly away from the mounting structure to position and laterally compress the newly placed sod strip;
- wherein the at least one actuator exerts a force on the pushing plate that has a force direction having a lateral component and a vertical downward component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.