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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Miles R. Keaton, Port Byron, IL (US);
Michael E. Friestad, Rock Island, IL (US);
Nathan A. Mariman, Mahomet, IL (US);
David J. Rylander, Victoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Miles R. Keaton, Port Byron, IL (US);
Michael E. Friestad, Rock Island, IL (US);
Nathan A. Mariman, Mahomet, IL (US);
David J. Rylander, Victoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/00 (2006.01); A01C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seed meter for use in an agricultural seeding machine includes a housing having an inner chamber and one or more deflectors within the inner chamber, and a seed disc rotatably carried by the housing. The seed disc includes at least a portion thereof formed from a flexible material which is deflectable by the one or more deflectors during rotation within the housing.