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Apparatus and method for forming and compacting planting mounds

CA 1309982 C · Owner: Nilsson, Aston · Inventors: Nilsson, Aston

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Planting mounds for afforestation purposes and the like are formed by an apparatus wherein a device having at least one mound-forming and compacting body is provided on a movable support arm or boom of a carrier vehicle adapted to be driven along the ground. The body has an elongate longitudinally concave soil-pushing front surface of shape and dimensions suitable to define the upper surface of a planting mound, and preferably has digging teeth or the like at its lower forward edge. The body is supported for pivotal movement relative to the arm or boom and may be pivoted by a piston-cylinder assembly or the like. For mound formation, the body is placed in a digging position with the …

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  • Granted November 10, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 10, 2009.
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FiledApril 25, 1988
GrantedNovember 10, 1992
Term endedNovember 10, 2009
Patent numberCA 1309982 C
Classification (IPC)E02F3/00 +2 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedApril 25, 1988Patent grantedNov 10, 1992Term endedNov 10, 2009

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