Thorn collector
OwnerLyle Lester Vanosdall, Christopher Blaize Varuskainventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for collecting thorns, spines, prickles, seeds, burrs, and the like from the ground. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a roller for picking up thorns, spines, prickles, seeds, burrs, and the like from the ground, a scraper to remove the picked-up objects from the roller, and a collector tray to catch and collect the removed objects. In embodiments, the roller comprises a cylindrical foam roller. In embodiments, the scraper comprises a mesh screen rolled into a cylinder-like form and held adjacent to or against the roller. Objects that are removed from the roller may be ejected and/or fall into the collector tray for subsequent disposal.
Claims19
A thorn collector, comprising:
- a frame;
- an axle mounted to the frame;
- a cylindrical foam roller on the axle;
- the foam roller having free rotation relative to the frame;
- a wire mesh scraper held proximate to the foam roller by a scraper arm, wherein the scraper is adapted to remove a thorn from the foam roller;
- a collector tray attached to the frame, wherein the collector tray is adapted to catch the thorn after the thorn has been removed from the foam roller;
- and an attachment mechanism mounted on the frame.
A thorn collector, comprising:
- a foam roller;
- a mesh scraper fixed proximate to the roller along an axial length of the roller;
- and
- a collector tray positioned at least partially below the scraper.
A method of collecting dispersed thorns, comprising:
- moving a thorn collector across a ground surface, thereby causing a foam roller of the thorn collector to contact and roll across a portion of the ground surface;
- picking up at least one thorn on the roller;
- engaging the at least one thorn with a mesh scraper that is held proximate to the roller, thereby causing the at least one thorn to eject from the roller;
- and
- catching the at least one thorn in a collector tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.