US Patent Issued to HARVEST CROO on Sept. 8 for "Automated harvesting of crops" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,542, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HARVEST CROO LLC (Plant City, Fla.).

"Automated harvesting of crops" was invented by Robert Pitzer (Tampa, Fla.) and Scott Gordon Scarpinato (Seminole, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting vehicle including a body. The harvesting vehicle also can include a pick deck including picking systems configured to harvest crops of plans growing in at least one plant bed. The pick deck can be adjustable with respect to the body to adjust a position of the picking systems over the at least one plant bed. Other embodiments are described."

The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2024, under Applicati...