US 12,256,663 B2
Crop input application systems and apparatus
Talon Sauder, Green Valley, IL (US); Justin L. Koch, Morton, IL (US); Gregg A. Sauder, Tremont, IL (US); and Tim Sauder, Tremont, IL (US)
Assigned to 360 YIELD CENTER, LLC, Morton, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/426,730
Filed by 360 Yield Center, LLC, Morton, IL (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/018374
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168248, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,186, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095528 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 7/06 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/06 (2013.01) [A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crop input applicator comprising:
a frame;
a blade connected with the frame;
a support body connected to and between the frame and the blade, the support body pivotally connected to the frame;
an actuator connected with the frame and the blade;
and a controller;
wherein the controller is configured to control the actuator to move the blade laterally relative to the frame.