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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Rodney Samuel Horn, Woodridge, IL (US);
Inventor:
Rodney Samuel Horn, Woodridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seed planting assembly is provided having a plurality of planting units supported by a tool bar, each of which being operable to form a seed trench in soil, plant seeds in the seed trench, and close the seed trench. Each planting assembly is supported by the tool bar via a mounting assembly that can be actuated by a vertical positioner to raise and lower individual planting units. The vertical positioner is prevented from becoming unintentionally locked during use.