De-thatcher
AssigneeAgri-Fab, Inc.
InventorsJohn Bright, Ronald Hickenbottom
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Abstract
A de-thatcher including a tine shield having a mounting portion with a plurality of tine mounting assemblies formed therein. Each tine mounting assembly includes a pair of separately formed tabs and an aperture. Each tab includes a projecting portion and a covering portion to define a pocket. A tine is operatively coupled to each of the tine mounting assemblies and includes a pair of arms extending from opposite sides of a backbone so that each arm engages one of the pockets and is secured therein when the covering portion of tabs is moved from a first operative position to a second operative position.
Claims9
A de-thatcher comprising:
- (a) a tine shield including a mounting portion having a mounting surface;
- (b) the mounting portion including a plurality of tine mounting assemblies formed therein;
- (c) each tine mounting assembly including a pair of separately formed tabs;
- (d) each tab includes a projecting portion extending from the mounting portion and a covering portion extending from the projecting portion, thereby defining a pocket;
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- (e) a plurality of tines, each tine operatively coupled to one of the tine mounting assemblies, wherein each tine includes a pair of arms extending from opposite sides of a backbone so that each arm engages one of the pockets and are secured therein when the covering portion of tabs is moved from a first operative position to a second operative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.