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US 12,290,017 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for a digging machine
AssigneeSoren James Plante
InventorSoren James Plante
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Abstract
Digging machine having a body with an at least partially hollow interior and one or more odd-shaped wheels attached to the body, one or more motors disposed inside the body, and each motor can be configured to independently power one of the one or more odd-shaped wheels, where each of the one or more odd-shaped wheels include one or more digging members.
Claims14
A digging machine comprising:
- a body having an exterior surface and an at least partially hollow interior;
- four wheels attached to the body and extending from the exterior surface such that the body is balanced and support on the four wheels, wherein each of the four wheels comprises four radially extending arms, wherein each of the four radially extending arms is arranged at an approximately 90-degree angle relative to adjacent arms, each arm having a distal radial end, wherein each of the distal radial ends comprises one or more digging members disposed thereat and/or extending therefrom, wherein at least one of the one or more digging members at each distal radial end of each arm comprises a skewer configured for digging into soil to produce a hole in the soil;
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- four motors disposed inside the body, each motor being configured to independently power rotation of one of the wheels, wherein rotation of each of the wheels causes one of the skewers of each of the one or more digging member to simultaneously dig into the soil, thereby displacing a volume of the soil and creating the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.