US 11,717,953 B2
Harvesting bench
Sebastien Baril, Morin-Heights (CA); and Dominic Larin, Blainville (CA)
Assigned to HYDROTEK HYDROPONICS, Mirabel (CA); and LARIN DESIGN, Blainville (CA)
Filed by HYDROTEK HYDROPONICS, Mirabel (CA); and LARIN DESIGN, Blainville (CA)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,514.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,079, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387322 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B25H 1/16 (2006.01); B25H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 1/16 (2013.01) [B25H 1/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A harvesting bench configured to stand on a ground surface, comprising:
a frame for contacting the ground surface,
a platform supported by the frame at an elevation above the ground surface, the platform defining a work plane area for receiving harvesting equipment,
a portion of the frame and a portion of the platform defining parts of a first bench section movable relative to a second bench section between a retracted position and an extended position to extend or retract a footprint of the harvesting bench and/or extend or reduce the work plane area,
wherein the first bench section includes a first plurality of armature connectors and a first plurality of armature members connected to respective ones of the first plurality of armature connectors, the first plurality of armature members elongated in a direction extending along a longitudinal axis of the harvesting bench, wherein the second bench section includes a second plurality of armature connectors each having a coupling portion, the first plurality of armature members engaged to the coupling portions of at least some of the second plurality of armature connectors,
wherein the platform includes peripheral rails, wherein some of the peripheral rails are part of the first bench section and include side rail segments extending along the longitudinal axis, the side rail segments engaged to corresponding side rails segments part of the second bench section, the side rail segments of the first bench section movable relative to their respective corresponding side rail segments of the second bench section so as to retract or extend the work plane area when the first bench section moves between the retracted position and the extended position.