US Patent Issued to Oxbo International on Feb. 25 for "Flexible catcher assembly for berry harvester" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,449, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Oxbo International Corp. (Byron, N.Y.).

"Flexible catcher assembly for berry harvester" was invented by Kevin M. Roberts (Custer, Wash.) and Thomas S. Kok (Blaine, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An over the row berry harvester provides flexible cushioned elements and surfaces to limit bruising of the fruit harvested. A chassis defines a picking tunnel that passes over rows of plants. A picking system removes fruit from the plants as the harvester moves along the rows. A catching system configured to receive fruit removed from the plants. The catching system includes groups of catch assemb...