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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Dave Dietrich, Assiniboia, CA;
Inventor:
Dave Dietrich, Assiniboia, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 65/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 65/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A crop lifter apparatus has a base member adapted to be attached to a cutting header guard finger about a lifter pivot axis. A plurality of lifter tips with different configurations are releasably attachable to the base member at a mounting position such that the attached lifter tip extends forward from the base member. A bias element is operative to exert a bias force on the base member urging a front portion of the base member forward of the lifter pivot axis to pivot downward about the lifter pivot axis, and the bias force urges the base member to bear against a stop. The tips can be configured to suit various conditions of soils and crops.