Nut harvesting machine

Claim 1

A MOBILE, CIRCULAR-SHAPED NUT HARVESTING UNIT FOR POSITIONING UNDER A TREE TO RECEIVE AND COLLECT NUTS FALLING THEREFROM, COMPRISING A PAIR OF HINGED, COMPLEMENTARY, SEMI-CIRCULAR-SHAPED NUT CATCHING MEMBERS ADAPTED FOR PLACEMENT AROUND THE TRUNK OF A TREE FROM WHICH NUTS ARE TO BE HARVESTED, EACH OF THE SEMI-CIRCULAR NUT CATCHING MEMBERS COMPRISING A CENTRAL HUB PORTION, A CIRCUMFERENTIAL FRAMING COMPRISING A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED TUBULAR MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF RADIAL RIBS HAVING THEIR INNER ENDS SECURED TO SAID HUB PORTION AND HAVING THEIR OUTER ENDS SECURED TO THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL FRAMING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED, DEPENDING HANGERS SECURED TO THE BOTTOM OF EACH RADIAL RIB, AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR CANVAS MEMBER SUPPORTED BY THE HANGERS, THE OUTER PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE CANVAS MEMBER BEING CONNECTED TO THE LOWER CIRCUMFERENTIAL TUBULAR MEMBER, THE INNER PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE CANVAS MEMBER BEING CONNECTED TO THE CENTRAL HUB PORTION, THE HANGERS BEING OF GRADUALLY DEEREASING LENGTH FROM THE HUB PORTION TO THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL FRAMING WHEREBY THE CANVAS MEMBER IS SUPPORTED IN A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, SCREEN MEANS SUPERPOSED ON EACH OF THE SEMI-CIRCULAR MEMBERS FOR SEPARATING LEAVES, TWIGS, AND OTHER FOREIGN MATERIALS FROM THE NUTS FALLING THEREON, A BIN REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON AND BENEATH THE SEMI-CIRCULAR MEMBERS FOR COLLECTING THE NUTS, WHICH PASS THROUGH THE SCREEN MEANS, AND CONVEYOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE BIN FOR REMOVING NUTS THEREFROM AND CONVEYING THEM TO STORAGE.