US 12,402,548 B2
Turf aerator with covered tine assembly
George Kinkead, Mendota Heights, MN (US); Steven Ferguson, Scandia, MN (US); Terrence R. Bondeson, Woodbury, MN (US); Tom Fiske, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); and Roger Lee Larson, Shoreview, MN (US)
Assigned to Turfco Mfg., Inc., Blaine, MN (US)
Filed by Turfco Mfg., Inc., Blaine, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/528,663.
Application 18/528,663 is a division of application No. 17/207,840, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,832,541.
Application 17/207,840 is a division of application No. 16/284,167, filed on Feb. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,952,363, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/284,167 is a division of application No. 15/331,931, filed on Oct. 24, 2016, granted, now 10,212,872, issued on Feb. 26, 2019.
Application 15/331,931 is a division of application No. 13/282,095, filed on Oct. 26, 2011, granted, now 9,474,196, issued on Oct. 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/407,126, filed on Oct. 27, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099173 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A01B 45/02 (2006.01); A01B 63/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 45/02 (2013.01) [A01B 45/026 (2013.01); A01B 63/166 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turf aerator comprising:
a chassis having a first side plate at a first side, a second side plate at a second side, a front end plate at a front end, and a rear end, with the chassis being movably supported on turf;
a handlebar extending from the chassis in a direction away from the front end plate;
a motor mounted on the chassis between the front end and the rear end and between the first side and the second side;
a first shaft rotatably driven by the motor;
a first inner tine assembly and at least a second inner tine assembly mounted to a first portion of the first shaft;
a first outer tine assembly mounted to a second portion of the first shaft; and
a tine cover removably secured to the chassis over at least one of the first inner tine assembly and the first outer tine assembly.