DEVICE FOR MARKING NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL GRASS AREAS

• US 20160286718A1
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Juan Miguel Mayordomo Vicente
• Original Assignee: Juan Miguel Mayordomo Vicente
• Inventors: MAYORDOMO VICENTE, Juan Miguel
• Granted Patent: US 9,924,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/001 Accessories not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/52 Cutting apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/62 Other details
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/835 specially adapted for particular purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 19/06 Apparatus for setting-out or dividing courts

Abstract

A device for marking natural and artificial grass surfaces, which comprises a mowing drum linked to a chassis, wherein the mowing drum comprises a plurality of cutting elements and can rotate around a main shaft, where a perforated sheet is arranged between the mowing drum and the grass surface, with said perforated sheet comprising a plurality of holes cut to an appropriate size so as to allow blades of grass to pass through them, in addition to an opening configured to facilitate the passage blades of grass to be cut by the cutting element.

Claims

1. A device for marking natural and artificial grass surfaces, which comprises a mowing drum linked to a chassis, wherein the mowing drum comprises at least a cutting element that may rotate around a main shaft, where a perforated sheet is arranged between the mowing drum and the grass surface, with said perforated sheet comprising at least one hole cut to an appropriate size so as to allow at least one blade of grass to pass through it, in addition to an opening configured to facilitate the passage of at least one blade of grass to be cut by the cutting element.

2. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet comprises a plurality of oval shaped holes.

3. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet comprises a plurality of triangular shaped holes.

4. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet comprises a plurality of rectangular shaped holes.

5. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet comprises a plurality of circular shaped holes.

6. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the chassis comprises a number of rolling elements.

7. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the mowing drum and rolling elements are driven reversibly by a motor.

8. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet may be moved relative to the mowing drum, in a forwards-moving direction of the marking device.

9. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet is made of a plastic material.

10. The marking device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated sheet is made of a metal material.