US 12,257,861 B2
Notched tires to shield planted crop rows
Ben N. Dillon, Logansport, IN (US)
Assigned to Tribine Industries, LLC, Logansport, IN (US)
Filed by Tribine Industries LLC, Logansport, IN (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,630.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,098, filed on Oct. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111788 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 11/03 (2006.01); A01B 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/0311 (2013.01) [A01B 29/043 (2013.01); B60C 2200/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An improved machine that plants crop seed in rows in a crop growing field, the machine having wheels carrying tires having lugs extending outwardly from the tire, the improvement which comprises:
(a) a seed bar having at least one cutting wheel carried by the machine at its front for dispensing crop seed into depressions in the crop growing field;
(b) at least one of the tires of the tired wheeled machine having at least one notch extending circumferentially therearound and extending into the tire and tire lugs for the notches to pass over the crop seed in the depressions in the crop growing field, the seed bar located ahead of the tires of the tired wheeled machine wherein the at least one notch is in alignment with the at least one cutting wheel such that the crop seeds are not pushed by the notched-tires sufficiently deep into the depressions to preclude germinating and growing.