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US 2002/0170282 A1Published application
Article retrieving device for harvesting nuts
AssigneeDanny D. Hayes
InventorBenny Kay Edwards
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Abstract
An article retrieving device for gathering and storing nuts that allows the user to maintain an erect posture during use, comprises a retaining element and a housing. The retaining element is adapted to retrieve nuts from the ground and includes a plurality of resilient pieces arranged in rows on a sleeve. The retrieved nuts are stored in the housing and dispensed from the housing via a dispensing opening.
Claims21
An article retrieving device comprising:
- a retaining element for gathering articles;
- and
- a housing for storing the articles that have been gathered;
- wherein said retaining element is attached to the housing;
- said retaining element further comprises a sleeve and a flexible member attached to said sleeve;
- a deformable passageway in said sleeve;
- wherein said passageway has an elongated length.
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An article retrieving device comprising:
- a retaining element for gathering articles;
- means for storing the articles;
- and
- a passageway disposed within said retaining element;
- said retaining element includes means for gripping articles;
- wherein said retaining element is attached to said means for storing articles, said passageway has a deformable perimeter that is formed by said means for gripping articles, and said passageway is elongated.
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An article retrieving device for retrieving, storing and dispensing nuts, the article retrieving device comprises:
- a retaining element for gathering the articles into the device;
- and
- a housing for storing the retrieved articles;
- said housing is an elongated tube having first and second housing ends, a housing interior area and a dispensing opening, said dispensing opening is disposed at said second end of the housing;
- said retaining element comprises a sleeve and a flexible member;
- said sleeve comprises a sleeve wall having inner and outer surfaces, a sleeve interior region, first and second sleeve ends, and a lip;
- wherein said lip is disposed on said inner surface and extends circumferentially around said sleeve wall, the first end of the sleeve is an entryway for nuts entering the device and the second end of said sleeve is telescopically attached to the first end of said housing;
- a deformable passageway in said retaining element;
- a plurality of holes extending through said sleeve wall on the first end of said sleeve;
- said flexible member comprises a plurality of U-shaped resilient pieces, each of said resilient pieces includes a pair of legs and a central portion, wherein each said pair of legs is attached a respective central portion, and each of said legs has a free end disposed in said sleeve interior region;
- wherein said resilient pieces are arranged in a plurality of rows extending around the sleeve, and said free ends define the perimeter of the passageway;
- each of said legs extends into the sleeve interior region a distance that is approximately less than half of the diameter of the sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.