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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2023
Applicant:

Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);

Inventors:

Jason Stoller, Eureka, IL (US);

Justin Koch, Morton, IL (US);

Brian Mcmahon, Deer Creek, IL (US);

Derek Sauder, Tremont, IL (US);

Ian Radtke, Washington, IL (US);

Michael Strnad, Delavan, IL (US);

Dale Koch, Tremont, IL (US);

Matthew Morgan, Peoria, IL (US);

Tracy Leman, Eureka, IL (US);

Paul Wildermuth, Tremont, IL (US);

Assignee:

Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/06 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/06 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 7/201 (2013.01); A01C 23/025 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid application apparatus for applying liquid to soil during a planting operation, having: a ground-engaging component mounted to a planter row unit, the planter row unit opening a planting trench, the planter row unit depositing seeds in the planting trench, the ground-engaging component disposed at least partially within the planting trench as the planter row unit traverses the field; a first liquid injection conduit mounted to the ground-engaging component and disposed to inject liquid into a first sidewall of the planting trench, and wherein the ground-engaging component is mounted in a housing via at least one of a height adjustment arm that is pivotably mounted in the housing to allow for height adjustment of the ground-engaging component, and a spring that is pivotably mounted in the housing to allow for vertical deflection of the ground-engaging component.


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