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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Hodel, Morton, IL (US);
Douglas Urbaniak, Mackinaw, IL (US);
Timothy Kater, Bloomington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/066 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 7/04 (2013.01); A01C 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for closing a planting trench. Embodiments include a disc assembly for loosening soil adjacent to the planting trench. In some embodiments a closing wheel assembly pivots relative to a subframe of a row unit of a planter.