IP Library Granted Patent US 9,943,037
Granted Patent B2
US 9,943,037 · App. 15/172,655 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Land preparation tool

Inventors: Jeffrey Stanley (Lebanon, OH); Robert Hentz (Hamilton, OH)
Assignee: Fecon, Inc.
A01G3/002A01B33/142A01G23/093B02C18/18
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Patent No.
US 9,943,037
App. No.
15/172,655
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A land preparation tool includes a tool body having a longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body includes a cutting surface and a mounting surface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, wherein the mounting surface includes an apex that extends along about half of the mounting surface parallel to the longitudinal axis and first and second side mounting surfaces that extend from the apex; a blade disposed on the same side of the tool body as the cutting surface; and a channel disposed into the mounting surface and extending into the tool body.

Claims (34)

1. A land preparation tool comprising:

a tool body having a longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body comprises:

a cutting surface and

a mounting surface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, wherein the mounting surface includes an apex that extends along about half of the mounting surface parallel to the longitudinal axis and first and second side mounting surfaces that extend from the apex;

a first blade and a second blade positioned side-by-side to each other along an upper portion of and disposed on a same side of the tool body as the cutting surface; and

a channel disposed into the mounting surface and extending into the tool body.

2. The land preparation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting surface has a non-planar profile selected from the group consisting of convex, concave, V-shaped, and combinations thereof.

3. The land preparation tool according to claim 2 , wherein the non-planar profile is V-shaped.

4. The land preparation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second side mounting surfaces each angle from the apex away from the cutting surface.

5. The land preparation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second side mounting surfaces each angle from the apex toward the cutting surface.

6. The land preparation tool according to claim 2 , wherein the blade has a convex surface.

7. The land preparation tool according to claim 6 , wherein the blade comprises two blades positioned adjacent to one another above the cutting surface on the tool body.

8. The land preparation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the channel extends entirely through the tool body and the cutting surface.

9. The land preparation tool according to claim 2 , wherein:

a portion of the cutting surface comprises a first angled surface that sweeps backward from the cutting surface toward the mounting surface, and

a second portion of the cutting surface comprises a second angled surface disposed on a side of the cutting surface opposite the first angled surface, the second angled surface sweeps backward from the cutting surface toward the mounting surface.

10. The land preparation tool according to claim 9 , wherein a lower portion of the cutting surface angles forward and away from the body.

11. The land preparation tool according to claim 9 , wherein the body comprises an upper region having a width W 1 and a lower region that comprises the first and second angled surfaces and at least a portion of the cutting surface and having a width W 2 , and wherein W 2 is greater than W 1 .

12. The land preparation tool according to claim 2 , further comprising a second channel extending through the mounting surface and into the body toward the cutting surface.

13. A land preparation tool comprising:

a tool body having a longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body comprises:

a cutting surface and

a mounting surface disposed on the body opposite the cutting surface, wherein the mounting surface comprises a V-shaped non-planar profile;

twin side-by-side blades disposed on an upper portion of a same side of the tool body as the cutting surface; and

a channel disposed into the mounting surface and extending into the tool body.

14. The land preparation tool according to claim 13 , wherein the V-shaped mounting surfaces include an apex and first and second side mounting surfaces extending from the apex and angling away from the cutting surface.

15. The land preparation tool according to claim 13 , wherein the V-shaped mounting surfaces include an apex and first and second side mounting surfaces extending from the apex and angling toward the cutting surface.

16. A land preparation tool comprising:

a tool body having a longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body comprises:

a cutting surface and

a mounting surface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, wherein the mounting surface includes a rounded recess, an apex that extends along about half of the mounting surface parallel to the longitudinal axis, and first and second side mounting surfaces that extend from the apex to form a V-shape;

a first blade disposed above the cutting surface;

a second blade disposed above the cutting surface and positioned adjacent to the first blade; and

a channel connected to the recess and extending into the tool body.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: FECON, LLC
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 058578/0135 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME NO.: 047136/0635 Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: ABACUS FINANCE GROUP, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: FECON, LLC
Reel/Frame 058644/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2021
From: STANLEY, JEFFREY; HENTZ, ROBERT
To: FECON, INC.
Reel/Frame 058208/0183 →
CONVERSION Recorded Nov 24, 2021
From: FECON, INC.
To: FECON, LLC
Reel/Frame 058250/0200 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2018
From: FECON, LLC
To: ABACUS FINANCE GROUP, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 047136/0635 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 29560329 · Apr 5, 2016
Division 29466991 · Sep 13, 2013
Continuation 12918677
Provisional Application 61030744 · Feb 22, 2008
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