US 12,114,585 B2
Methods and apparatus for aerating turf
George B. Kinkead, Mendota Heights, MN (US); Kenneth W. Sylvester, East Bethel, MN (US); Thomas J. Fiske, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); and Terrance R. Bondeson, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to Turfco Manufacturing, Inc., Blaine, MN (US)
Filed by Turfco Manufacturing, Inc., Blaine, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/106,045.
Application 17/106,045 is a division of application No. 15/788,669, filed on Oct. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,849,262, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/410,007, filed on Oct. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076553 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A01B 45/02 (2006.01); A01B 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 45/023 (2013.01) [A01B 63/008 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turf aerator comprising:
a chassis having two side plates, a top frame member integrally extending between the two side plates, a front end, a rear end, and an opening, with the opening being at least partially between the two side plates and between the front end and the rear end of the chassis;
drive wheels located adjacent to the rear end on opposite sides of the two side plates;
a support wheel secured to the chassis adjacent to the front end and spaced in a direction parallel to each of the two side plates from the drive wheels, with the drive wheels and the support wheel movably supporting the chassis;
a tine assembly independently movably secured to the chassis and extending at least partially within the opening of the chassis, with the tine assembly independently liftable relative to the chassis; and
a front end attachment receiver having a U-shaped channel positioned on the top frame member, with the front end attachment receiver further including tie down holes next to the U-shaped channel configured to be used for either securing the turf aerator during transport or securing an attachment to the turf aerator.