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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Macdon Industries Ltd., Winnipeg, CA;
Cyrus Nigon, Deforest, WI (US);
Reid Christ, Evansville, WI (US);
Karl Bernard Hundt, Lake Mills, WI (US);
MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD., Winnipeg, CA;
Abstract
A skid shoe for use with a header for harvesting row crops, in particular corn, comprises a body having a curvilinear side profile including: a central section having a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom surface that is convexly curved in a transverse direction bowing outwardly between the first side wall and the second side wall; a front section having a front external surface that extends forwardly and upwardly from the central section; and a rear section having a rear external surface that extends rearwardly and upwardly from the central section.