US 11,805,724 B2
Planters for planting seeds in fields, and related methods of planting
Christopher Louis Corelli, St. Louis, MO (US); Timothy Edward Reitz, St. Louis, MO (US); Andrew D. Thielen, Scranton, IA (US); Roger A. Weyhrich, Boone, IA (US); and Charles Wolfersberger, Ferguson, MO (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/849,721.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/835,334, filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0329629 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 7/16 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/102 (2013.01) [A01C 7/16 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A planting unit for planting plots of seeds in a field, the planting unit comprising:
a first seed storage unit disposed onboard the planting unit and configured to provide seeds to the planting unit, the first seed storage unit including multiple storage compartments each configured to hold a seed receptacle having seeds stored therein;
a second seed storage unit disposed onboard the planting unit and configured to provide seeds to the planting unit, wherein the second seed storage unit is separate from the first seed storage unit;
a seed meter configured to plant seeds from the first seed storage unit and the second seed storage unit in a field; and
a diverter coupled to the seed meter, the diverter configured to selectively direct seeds from the first seed storage unit and the second seed storage unit to the seed meter.