US Patent Issued to FINE FIELD on Feb. 18 for "Harvesting device and method for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,853, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to FINE FIELD B.V. (Melderslo, Netherlands).

"Harvesting device and method for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant" was invented by Peter Johannes Lodewijk Geurts (Horst, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting device for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant, includes a frame displaceable in a transport direction, at least one container displaceable relative to the frame in a direction of extension substantially transversely of the transport direction; and at least one catcher mounted on the at least one container. The at least one brush includes an arm extending substantially i...