US 12,239,054 B2
Seed/seedling protection device
William Scott Laseter, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by William Scott Laseter, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,489.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,093, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016989 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 13/043 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective device for seeds and seedlings comprising:
a device base defining an open interior perimeter and at least one bottom opening;
a solid perimeter boundary extending approximately perpendicular from the device base
at least one primary palisade and at least one secondary palisade extending from the perimeter boundary, wherein the at least one primary palisade is longer than the at least one secondary defining at least one chasm between the at least one primary palisade and the at least one secondary palisade; a ratio of the combined at least one primary and at least one secondary palisade to the combined chasms between the palisades is approximately 50%;
defining an interior of the protective device via the at least one primary palisade and the at least one secondary palisade;
the at least one primary palisade and at least one secondary palisade each defining a sharpened spine truncating in a protective spike;
the at least one primary palisade and at least one secondary palisade each defining an angled ledge that angles the sharpened spine and protective spike inward on the same plane with respect to the interior of the protective device;
wherein a length of the at least one primary palisade is greater than a radius of the at least one bottom opening to form a ratio between the length of the at least one primary palisade length and the radius of the at least one bottom opening wherein bending of the at least one primary palisade into the open interior perimeter forms a shield with respect to a seed or seedling contained within the protective device; and
wherein the length of the at least one primary palisade defines a gap between the at least one primary palisade and at least one opposing primary palisade of less than one inch until the at least one primary palisade is acted on by a force inward towards the interior or a force outward from the interior.