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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:
Jun. 11, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
J Michael McClure, Salina, KS (US);
Eric Johnson, Salina, KS (US);
Assignee:
Great Plains Manufacturing Incorporated, Salina, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C / ; A01B / ; A01B / ; B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
111194 ; 111136 ; 172519 ; 301111 ; 301114 ;
Abstract
A towable, furrow opening seed planting assembly includes a mobile frame and a planting unit, the planting unit including a ground engaging opener, a seed depositing apparatus and a press wheel for covering the deposited seed with soil. A variety of different press wheels may be substituted through the use of adapters removably mounted on a universal press wheel arm whereby press wheels having different widths may be maintained in proper alignment with the furrow created by the opener for ensuring proper soil coverage and contact with the deposited seed.