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US3314487A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Mounting bracket for a ground conditioning tool

Assignee: STANDARD ENGINEERING Co
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Filing: 1965-09-20
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Granted: 1967-04-18
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Expires: 1985-09-20
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Arnold F Kopaska
  • 👤 John H Rogers

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 17:09
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01B; A01B61/00; A01B61/04; A01B61/044; A01B61/046; A01B35/00; A01B35/20; A01B35/22; A01B35/24

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 328 words
A MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING A GROUND CONDITIONING TOOL HAVING A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL UPPER END AND AN OPENING FORMED IN SAID UPPER END, TO A FRAME MEMBER, AN ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING REARWARD AND FORWARD ENDS AND A TOP PORTION, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A YOKE MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM ITS REARWARD END WHICH IS ADAPTED TO PIVOTALLY RECEIVE THE UPPER END OF SAID TOOL EXTENDING FORWARDLY THERETHROUGH, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A SLOT FORMED IN ITS TOP PORTION ADJACENT ITS FORWARD END, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SLOT BEING PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, A BAR MEANS OPERATIVELY SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND HAVING REARWARD AND FORWARD ENDS, THE REARWARD END OF SAID BAR MEMBER ABUTTING AND OPERATIVELY PIVOTALLY ENGAGING SAID YOKE MEMBER, SAID BAR MEMBER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND BE CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE NORMALLY HORIZONTAL UPPER END OF SAID TOOL, SAID BAR HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN ADJACENT ITS FORWARD END WHICH IS ADAPTED TO REGISTER WITH A PORTION OF SAID SLOT AND THE OPENING IN SAID TOOL UPPER END, A BOLT MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING IN SAID TOOL, SAID OPENING IN SAID BAR MEMBER AND SAID SLOT AND HAVING A SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED THEREON TO YIELDABLY RESIST THE DOWNWARD PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID BAR MEMBER AND SAID TOOL, AND MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING SAID SUPPORT MEMBER TO SAID FRAME MEANS, SAID MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING SAID SUPPORT MEMBER TO SAID FRAME MEMBER INCLUDING A PAIR OF BOLT MEMBERS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, A PLATE MEMBER RECEIVED BY SAID PAIR OF BOLT MEMBERS AND EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN ACROSS THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, AND THREADABLE MEANS MAINTAINING SAID PLATE MEMBER ON SAID BOLT MEMBERS, SAID BOLT MEMBERS HAVING A PORTION THEREOF PROTRUDING BELOW SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID BAR MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN TO FREELY RECEIVE THE PROTRUDING PORTIONS OF SAID BOLT MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY.

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