US Patent Issued on March 11 for "Tree fruit or nut harvester to minimize machine passes in the orchard" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,551, issued on March 11.

"Tree fruit or nut harvester to minimize machine passes in the orchard" was invented by Mike Flora (Modesto, Calif.), Brandon Eller (Ripon, Calif.) and Seth Richmond (Visalia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting machine comprising a shaking mechanism operable to shake fruit or nuts from a tree or bush; a deflection plate for directing the fruit or nuts to an area away from the base of the tree or bush; and a device for moving fruit or nuts from the base of the tree or bush to the area away from the base of the tree or bush is disclosed. The deflection plate may be positioned at an angle of bet...