Sod handling apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10743479
APP PUB NO 20170367270A1
SERIAL NO

15543270

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A method of stacking sod rolls can include the steps of: a) moving a head of a sod handling apparatus into a sod pickup location containing a plurality of sod rolls; b) picking-up a first sod roll with a first sod carrier, picking-up a second sod roll with a second sod carrier, and picking-up a third sod roll with a third sod carrier; c) moving the head to a sod drop-off location; d) releasing the first sod roll from the first sod carrier at the sod drop-off location; e) after releasing the first sod roll, moving the second sod carrier toward the first sod carrier and moving the third sod carrier toward the first sod carrier to reduce the spacing between the second and third rolls of sod; and f) depositing the second sod roll and third sod roll at the drop-off location.

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1045929 ONTARIO LIMITEDKESWICK ONTARIO L4P 3E9

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brouwer, Gerardus J Keswick, CA 32 302
Hendriks, Mathias Marie Gerardus Heythuysen, NL 2 4
Milwain, Robert Keswick, CA 16 71
Ratsep, Ralph Pefferlaw, CA 4 19

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