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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:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Precision Planting, Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Strnad, Delavan, IL (US);
Timothy Kater, Bloomington, IL (US);
Matthew Morgan, Dunlap, IL (US);
Dale M. Koch, Tremont, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01B 61/04 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01B 61/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); A01C 14/00 (2006.01); A01B 79/02 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01B 61/00 (2013.01); A01B 61/04 (2013.01); A01B 61/042 (2013.01); A01B 79/02 (2013.01); A01C 7/201 (2013.01); A01C 14/00 (2013.01); A01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 33/246 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); G01N 2033/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A soil apparatus (e.g., seed firmer) having a locking system is described herein. In one embodiment, the soil apparatus includes a lower base portion for engaging in soil of an agricultural field, an upper base portion, and a neck portion having protrusions to insert into the lower base portion of a base and then lock when a region of the upper base portion is inserted into the lower base portion and this region of the upper base portion presses the protrusions to lock the neck portion to the upper base portion.