US 12,290,012 B2
Ground treatment device
Carson McNeal, Doyle, TN (US); and Conor Crickmore, Claryville, NY (US)
Assigned to Subversive Tools Inc., Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed by Subversive Tools Inc., Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,797.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/415,404, filed on Oct. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122085 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A01B 1/06 (2006.01); A01B 33/02 (2006.01); A01B 35/28 (2006.01); A01B 76/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 1/065 (2013.01) [A01B 33/028 (2013.01); A01B 35/28 (2013.01); A01B 76/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ground treatment device comprising:
a metallic upper frame, being a single-piece metallic support and including a horizontal portion; a first vertical portion and a second vertical portion; and a first curved portion and a second curved portion forming transitions between the horizontal portion and the first and second vertical portions, respectively;
a housing being a single injection molded piece comprising:
a elevated front portion;
an elongated back portion;
a curved top surface extending between the elevated front portion and the elongated back portion;
opposing exterior sides, the opposing exterior sides including a first exterior side and a second exterior side, each exterior side including a bearing slot for mounting an axle thereto;
a frame mounting structure located on the first exterior side of the housing, the frame mounting structure extending vertically upward above a highest point of the curved top surface and having a first socket on an exterior vertical surface of the first exterior side, the first socket being a cavity for securing the frame mounting structure to a first vertical surface of the first vertical portion of the metallic upper frame; and
a gear housing structure located on the second exterior side of the housing, wherein the gear housing structure has an outward facing interior region, the gear housing structure extending vertically above a highest point of the curved top surface and having a second socket on an exterior vertical surface of the second exterior side, the second socket being a cavity for securing the gear housing structure to a second vertical surface of the second vertical portion of the metallic upper frame; and
an axle located on an interior portion of the housing, wherein the axle is rotatably mounted to the bearing slots on the opposing exterior sides, and wherein the axle includes a ground treatment attachment mounted thereto,
wherein the single injection molded piece exposes the ground treatment attachment in a direction that is opposite a user when the ground treatment device is being used by the user and covers the ground treatment attachment in a vertical direction and in an opposing direction that is closest to the user when the ground treatment device is being used by the user.