US 12,317,770 B2
Transplanter
Carson McNeal, Doyle, TN (US); and Conor Crickmore, Claryville, NY (US)
Assigned to Subversive Tools Inc., Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed by Subversive Tools Inc., Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,721.
Application 18/412,721 is a continuation of application No. 18/213,794, filed on Jun. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,871,693.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/414,024, filed on Oct. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147894 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01C 11/02 (2006.01); A01C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 11/02 (2013.01) [A01C 11/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transplanter comprising:
a guide wheel structure including a set of guide wheels;
a frame structure including a longitudinal support structure and a set of frames configured for supporting a tray including a chain of paper pots including a plurality of seedlings;
an operating handle structure connected to at least one of: the guide wheel structure or a first end of the longitudinal support structure, the operating handle structure including:
a fixed extension attached to the frame structure;
an adjustable extension configured to be attached to the fixed extension, wherein at least one of: an angle between the fixed extension and the adjustable extension or a length of the adjustable extension extending from an end of the fixed extension, is selectively adjustable; and
a grip for pulling the transplanter attached to the adjustable extension; and
a base structure connected to the longitudinal support structure and extending beyond a second end of the longitudinal support structure, the base structure including a back end, a funnel-like shaped back portion, and a chute, wherein the tray is supported above the back end and the base structure is configured to guide the chain of paper pots from the tray along the funnel-like shaped back portion to the chute and off the transplanter as the transplanter is pulled by a user to plant a single row of the seedlings in a field, and wherein the base structure is fabricated from at least one injection molded part.