IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,290
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,290 · App. 17/557,820 · Granted May 13, 2025

Cannabis plant and harvesting tool

Inventors: August Schwenk (Albany, NY); Augustine Verciglio (Rochester, NY); Richard Share (Macedon, NY)
Assignees: August Schwenk; Augustine Verciglio
A01D45/065A01D1/06A01D1/14
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Patent No.
US 12,295,290
App. No.
17/557,820
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Harvesting devices and methods for cannabis plants that enable efficient harvesting of floral material from cannabis plants. In various embodiments, the harvesting devices better facilitate the holding of the cannabis plant during the bucking process. In various embodiments, the harvesting devices better facilitate the bucking process and specifically the removal of the floral material from the cannabis plant with minimal damage to the floral material while minimizing user fatigue.

Claims (35)

1. A cannabis plant harvesting tool comprising:

a grip;

a blade support connected to the grip, the blade support extending transversely from the grip, the blade support including two support fingers that define a first stem receiving channel; and

a blade including two cutting fingers removably connectable to the two support fingers, wherein the two cutting fingers define a second stem receiving channel, wherein each of the two cutting fingers includes a cutting edge formed by a plurality of surfaces that define adjacent cutouts along substantially the entire length of that cutting finger, wherein:

each of the cutouts is defined by a curved inner edge,

each pair of adjacent cutouts is connected by a curved outer edge, and

diameters of each of the respective adjacent cut-outs increase along the cutting finger from a first portion that is closer to the grip to a second portion that is further away from the grip.

2. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 1 , wherein the first stem receiving channel of the blade support is U-shaped.

3. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 2 , wherein the second stem receiving channel of the cutting fingers is V-shaped.

4. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 1 , wherein the second stem receiving channel of the cutting fingers is V-shaped.

5. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 1 , wherein the first stem receiving channel of the blade support is aligned with the second stem receiving channel of the cutting fingers when the blade is connected to the blade support.

6. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 1 , wherein the support fingers define fastener receiving openings that extend through the support fingers.

7. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 6 , wherein the blade defines threaded fastener receiving openings.

8. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 7 , wherein fastener receiving openings of the blade support are configured to receive fasteners that extend through the fastener receiving openings of the blade support and into the fastener receiving openings of the blade to connect the blade to the support fingers.

9. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 1 , where the two cutting fingers of the blade are connected by a base and extend from the base.

10. A cannabis plant harvesting tool comprising:

a grip;

a blade support connected to the grip, the blade support extending transversely from the grip, the blade support including two support fingers that define a first U-Shaped stem receiving channel, wherein the blade support fingers define fastener receiving openings;

a blade including two cutting fingers removably connectable to the two support fingers, wherein the two cutting fingers define a second V-shaped stem receiving channel, wherein the blade defines fastener receiving openings, wherein each of the two cutting fingers includes a cutting edge formed by a plurality of surfaces that define adjacent cutouts along substantially the entire length of that cutting finger, wherein:

each of the cutouts is defined by a curved inner edge,

each pair of adjacent cutouts is connected by a curved outer edge, and

diameters of each of the respective adjacent cut-outs increase along the cutting finger from a first portion that is closer to the grip to a second portion that is further away from the grip; and

a plurality of fasteners that extend through the fastener receiving openings of the blade support and into the fastener receiving openings of the blade.

11. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 10 , wherein the first stem receiving channel of the blade support is aligned with the second stem receiving channel of the blade when the blade is connected to the blade support by the fasteners.

12. The cannabis plant harvesting tool of claim 10 , where the two cutting fingers of the blade are connected by a base and extend from the base.

13. A cannabis plant harvesting tool blade for a cannabis plant harvesting tool including a grip and a blade support connected to the grip and extending transversely from the grip, the blade support including two support fingers that define a first stem receiving channel, the cannabis plant harvesting tool blade comprising:

a first cutting finger; and

a second cutting finger,

wherein the first and second cutting fingers are removably connectable to the two support fingers, wherein the two cutting fingers define a second stem receiving channel, wherein each of the first cutting finger and the second cutting finger includes a cutting edge formed by a plurality of surfaces that define adjacent cutouts along substantially the entire length of that cutting finger, wherein:

each of the cutouts is defined by a curved inner edge,

each pair of adjacent cutouts is connected by a curved outer edge, and

diameters of each of the respective adjacent cut-outs increase along the cutting finger from a first portion that is closer to a second portion that is further away from the grip.

14. The cannabis plant harvesting tool blade of claim 13 , wherein the second stem receiving channel is V-shaped.

15. The cannabis plant harvesting tool blade of claim 13 , wherein the first and second cutting fingers wherein define fastener receiving openings.

16. The cannabis plant harvesting tool blade of claim 13 , where the two cutting fingers of the blade are connected by a base and extend from the base.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2025
From: VERGE INDUSTRIES LLC; VERGE INDUSTRIES LLC
To: SCHWENK, AUGUST; VERCIGLIO, AUGUSTINE
Reel/Frame 070783/0769 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2022
From: SCHWENK, AUGUST; VERCIGLIO, AUGUSTINE; SHARE, RICHARD
To: VERGE INDUSTRIES LLC
Reel/Frame 059058/0547 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63152056 · Feb 22, 2021
Related Publication 20220264800A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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