Integrated box blade storage and utility assembly

Rick Leeman, Novar (CA)

USPTO: us-12660732 · published 2026-06-23 · patents · A01B 76/00· A01B 35/14

Integrated box blade storage and utility assembly

Rick Leeman, Novar (CA) This is my paper

Pith reviewed 2026-06-24 08:30 UTC · model grok-4.3

classification patents A01B 76/00A01B 35/14

keywords integrated assemblybox bladestorage sectionthree-point hitchtowing hitchtractor implementunitary bodyscarifier shanks

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The pith

The patent claims a unitary tractor assembly that integrates a box blade section with a supported storage section and fixes a three-point hitch and towing hitch so they move together.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper describes a design for an integrated assembly with a unitary body that includes a box blade section featuring a cutting edge, side plates, and scarifier shanks. Attached to and supported by this section is a storage section with a housing, base wall, rear wall, opposing sidewalls, and dividing walls that create multiple internal compartments open on the front and top, plus a partial front panel. A three-point hitch on one side of the body attaches to a tractor while a towing hitch on the opposite side secures towed implements, with both hitches fixed relative to the unitary body. This means operating the three-point hitch to raise or lower the assembly also raises or lowers the towing hitch. A sympathetic reader would care if this allows a single rigid unit to handle ground work, carry items in compartments, and tow without separate attachments or misaligned hitches.

Core claim

The integrated box blade storage and utility assembly comprises a unitary body having a box blade section with cutting edge, side plates, and scarifier shanks plus a storage section fixed to and supported by the box blade section that includes a housing with base wall, rear wall, pair of opposing sidewalls, plurality of dividing walls defining internal compartments, and a front panel partially enclosing some compartments, with the storage extending laterally beyond the box blade periphery; a three-point hitch on one side of the unitary body and a towing hitch on the opposing side, both fixed relative to the unitary body such that raising or lowering via the three-point hitch correspondingly

What carries the argument

The unitary body that integrates the box blade section with the storage section supported by it and holds the three-point hitch and towing hitch in fixed relative positions on opposite sides.

Load-bearing premise

The described structural configuration can be manufactured and will function as a practical, load-bearing unit compatible with standard tractors without requiring additional engineering validation or testing of stresses, clearances, or material choices.

What would settle it

Mount the assembly on a tractor via the three-point hitch, apply load to the storage compartments, raise the assembly, and check whether the towing hitch rises at the same rate while the storage section stays rigidly supported without visible flex or failure.

read the original abstract

1 . An integrated box blade storage and utility assembly comprising, a unitary body having a first side and an opposing second side; a box blade section extending from the unitary body and comprising a cutting edge, one or more side plates, and a plurality of scarifier shanks; a storage section extending from the unitary body and fixed to and supported by the box blade section, the storage section comprising a housing having a base wall and a rear wall; wherein the housing further comprises a pair of opposing sidewalls extending upward from the base wall and forming lateral boundaries of the storage section; a plurality of dividing walls extending from the base wall and the rear wall between the pair of opposing sidewalls and defining a plurality of internal compartments; wherein the storage section is open along a front side and open along a top side; a front panel extending between and connected to distal ends of a pair of dividing walls of the plurality of dividing walls, the front panel having a height substantially similar to a height of the pair of opposing sidewalls, wherein the front panel partially encloses a front side of a pair of internal compartments of the plurality of internal compartments; wherein the storage section extends laterally beyond a periphery of the box blade section; a three-point hitch disposed on the first side of the unitary body and configured to attach the assembly to a tractor; a towing hitch disposed on the opposing second side of the unitary body and configured to secure a towable implement; and wherein the towing hitch is fixed relative to the unitary body wherein raising or lowering the assembly via the three-point hitch correspondingly raises or lowers the towing hitch relative to the ground, respectively.

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This is a utility patent for a box blade with integrated storage compartments and a towing hitch that moves with the three-point hitch.

read the letter

This patent application describes a mechanical assembly that puts storage compartments directly onto a box blade section, with the whole thing on a unitary body and a towing hitch fixed so it rises and lowers when the three-point hitch does. The storage extends past the blade edges, has dividing walls for multiple compartments, a front panel on some of them, and stays open on top and front.

The description is consistent and spells out the parts and how they connect without contradictions. It covers the box blade details like the cutting edge, side plates, and scarifier shanks, plus the storage housing with base, rear wall, sidewalls, and the hitches on opposite sides of the body. That level of component mapping is what the document does cleanly.

The specific combination of fixed storage supported by the blade plus the linked hitch movement is the incremental design point being claimed. Individual elements are common in farm equipment, so the contribution sits at the level of assembly integration rather than a new principle.

The main limitation is the complete absence of any load data, stress checks, material specs, or field testing. The design assumes the structure will handle tractor use and standard implements without extra validation, which is unaddressed here. That is typical for this kind of filing but leaves practical questions open.

This is mainly relevant to agricultural equipment designers or companies checking prior art on tractor attachments. It is not material for scientific reading groups or research citations. It does not need peer review as a technical paper; the patent process is the appropriate route.

Referee Report

0 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript is a utility patent application for an 'Integrated box blade storage and utility assembly'. It describes a unitary body with a box blade section (cutting edge, side plates, scarifier shanks) and a storage section fixed to and supported by the box blade section. The storage section includes a housing with base wall, rear wall, opposing sidewalls, dividing walls forming compartments, and a front panel partially enclosing some compartments; it extends laterally beyond the box blade. A three-point hitch is on one side of the unitary body for tractor attachment, and a towing hitch on the opposing side, fixed relative to the body such that raising or lowering via the three-point hitch correspondingly raises or lowers the towing hitch.

Significance. If implemented as described, the design integrates storage and box blade functions into a single supported structure with coordinated hitch movement, which could provide operational convenience for tractor-based agricultural tasks. The specification is internally consistent with no contradictions in component relationships or positioning. No empirical data, calculations, material specifications, or testing results are included to validate load-bearing performance or durability.

minor comments (2)

[Abstract] Abstract: The entire claim is written as one extended sentence, impairing readability. Break into multiple sentences or use structured formatting to separate component descriptions from the hitch relationship.
No figures, diagrams, or drawings are referenced or described, which are standard for conveying spatial integration and dimensions in mechanical designs of this type.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their review of our utility patent application. The report accurately describes the integrated assembly and notes its internal consistency along with potential convenience for tractor operations. We address the single observation regarding the lack of empirical data below.

read point-by-point responses

Referee: No empirical data, calculations, material specifications, or testing results are included to validate load-bearing performance or durability.

Authors: As this is a utility patent application, the specification is required to provide a clear, complete, and enabling description of the invention so that one skilled in the art can make and use it. The application details the unitary body, box blade section, storage section with compartments, and hitch arrangements with their fixed relationships. Empirical testing, load calculations, or specific material data are not mandated for patentability unless the claims recite particular performance results. Such validations occur during product development and commercialization. The description meets the enablement requirement without additional data. revision: no

Circularity Check

0 steps flagged

No significant circularity

full rationale

This is a utility patent describing a mechanical assembly via direct structural claims and component specifications. No equations, derivations, fitted parameters, predictions, or self-citations appear in the text. The central description (unitary body, box blade section, storage section, hitches) is a literal enumeration of features with no reduction of any claimed result to its own inputs by construction. The document contains no load-bearing mathematical or empirical steps that could exhibit circularity.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

The patent rests on standard assumptions about tractor hitch compatibility, material strength for agricultural use, and basic manufacturing feasibility, but introduces no free parameters, domain axioms, or invented entities beyond the described physical assembly.

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Integrated box blade storage and utility assembly

Core claim

What carries the argument

Load-bearing premise

What would settle it

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