US 12,150,395 B1
Towable tools including passively rotating ground-working discs
Kevin V. Keigley, Osceola, IN (US); Nathaniel Lee Smith, Goshen, IN (US); and Justin M. Graber, Mishawaka, IN (US)
Assigned to ABI ATTACHMENTS, INC., Mishawaka, IN (US)
Filed by ABI ATTACHMENTS INC., Mishawaka, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/231,102.
Int. Cl. A01B 21/08 (2006.01); A01B 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 21/086 (2013.01) [A01B 23/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A towable tool apparatus comprising:
a frame extending over a width in an X-axis direction, a length in a Y-axis direction, and a height in a z-axis direction;
a plurality of support wheels rotatably coupled with the frame and configured to support the frame above an underlying ground surface in at least a first state of adjustment of the towable tool apparatus; and
a plurality of ground-working discs each including a concave face surface extending radially outward from an axis of rotation and each being rotatably coupled with a respective rigid shank, each rigid shank being received in a respective receptacle of the frame and retained therein by a respective fastener such that each concave face surface of a first set of the ground-working discs is oriented in a first forward-facing direction offset from the Y-axis direction and each concave face surface of a second set of the ground-working discs is oriented in a second forward-facing direction offset from the Y-axis direction, the first forward-facing direction being different than the second forward-facing direction;
wherein the towable tool apparatus has a mass of between 350 kg and 550 kg, the plurality of ground-working discs consists of six discs.