ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,859, issued on Dec. 23.
"Field harvesting device for small fruits" was invented by Martin Belanger (Riviere-Bleue, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field harvesting device for small fruits having a harvesting header, a hitching pole and framework on wheels so as to be pulled by a moving motorized machine and the harvesting header is a single assembly comprised of a frame, conveyor, dividing cones, and a plurality of assemblies formed at first by worm screws, from each of which individual worm screw extends a rotating separator from which extends a shaft extending into a sprocket wheel. Two of the assemblies working as a pair o...