Patent ID: 7958705

Claim:
A waterborne vegetation harvesting apparatus, comprising: a watercraft; a conveyor assembly having a conveyor belt carried by said watercraft; a primary vegetation shredder disposed in communication with said conveyor assembly and having a generally vertical primary shredder blade shaft and a plurality of generally horizontal primary shredder blades spaced-apart along and drivingly engaged by said primary shredder blade shaft; a primary shredder motor drivingly engaging said primary shredder blade shaft; a secondary vegetation shredder disposed in communication with said primary vegetation shredder and having a generally horizontal secondary shredder blade shaft and a plurality of elongated secondary shredder plates circumferentially spaced-apart along and parallel to said secondary shredder blade shaft; a secondary shredder motor drivingly engaging said secondary shredder blade shaft; a tertiary vegetation shredder disposed in communication with said secondary vegetation shredder and having a generally horizontal tertiary shredder blade shaft oriented in generally perpendicular relationship to said secondary shredder blade shaft of said secondary vegetation shredder and a plurality of elongated tertiary shredder plates circumferentially spaced-apart along and parallel to said tertiary shredder blade shaft; and a tertiary shredder motor drivingly engaging said tertiary shredder blade shaft.