ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,491, issued on March 17.
"Leaf harvester system" was invented by David Offerdahl (Yuma, Ariz.) and Jordan Egan (Pocatello, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaf harvester includes a mobile vehicle, configured for moving on ground, having a leaf cutter at a front thereof, a first conveyor, and a laminar flow air conveyor, disposed between the leaf cutter and the first conveyor. The laminar flow air conveyor has a sloped upper surface, and is configured to rearwardly discharge a laminar flow of air over the upper surface to propel leaves cut by the leaf cutter to the first conveyor."
The patent was filed on Sept. 12, 2022, unde...