US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "Harvesting mechanism integrating manual crop picking with automated full-container pallet accumulation" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,123, issued on Dec. 2.

"Harvesting mechanism integrating manual crop picking with automated full-container pallet accumulation" was invented by Paul Butler (Fairview, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting system incorporating manual picking to bins at varying heights and positions with an automated accumulation of filled containers in unit loads is disclosed and claimed. The system includes a powered rolling chassis driven between crop rows or lanes. The chassis has an adjustable front-mounted operator platform with controls, allowing one person to operate the system. A container pick-and-place apparatus and a container di...