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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas J. Korus, Lindsay, NE (US);
Charles H. Meis, Albion, NE (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Korus, Lindsay, NE (US);
Charles H. Meis, Albion, NE (US);
Assignee:
Lindsay Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 3/18 (2006.01); F16L 35/00 (2006.01); A01G 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 35/00 (2013.01); A01G 25/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hose-fed lateral move irrigation system and method that utilizes a pipe with a plurality of sprinklers attached to a wheeled cart that drags a flexible hose assembly therebehind while traveling laterally with the pipe and sprinklers relative to a field so that alternating the flexible hose assembly from one side of the cart to another as the cart traverses back and forth along a cart path is facilitated while kinking in the flexible hose assembly is avoided.