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US 6,463,727 B2Granted
Harvester tool
OwnerGerald Samuel Blythinventor
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Abstract
A harvester push tool has a concave body portion with broad and flat fingers extending therefrom to facilitate the harvesting of grounded nuts or other items. Grounded nuts or fruit are those that have either naturally fallen to the ground or are on the ground as a result of mechanically shaking the tree during the harvesting process.
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A harvester push tool for harvesting items comprising:
- a concave body portion with integral outwardly tangentially extending fingers at its lower end, in use, adapted to slide over ground when the harvester tool is caused to travel in a direction in which the fingers extend from said concave body portion whereby harvested items are collected,
- said fingers being each of substantially rigid material and of such a width as not to bend unduly during said travel over said ground, and
- said fingers being substantially flat on their lower surface to facilitate passage over said ground, and
- wherein each finger includes upturned sides defining a channel therebetween thereby preventing items from spilling off said sides of the respective finger.
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A nut harvester push tool for harvesting nuts comprising:
- a concave body portion with integral outwardly tangentially extending fingers at its lower end, in use, adapted to slide over ground when the harvester tool is caused to travel in a direction in which the fingers extend from said concave body portion whereby harvested nuts are collected,
- said fingers being each of substantially rigid material and of such a width as not to bend unduly during said travel over said ground,
- said fingers being substantially flat on their lower surface to facilitate passage over said ground, and
- wherein each finger includes upturned sides defining a channel therebetween thereby preventing items from spilling off said sides of the respective finger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.