US 12,075,719 B2
Reversible seed trench appurtenance assembly
Michael Strnad, Delavan, IL (US); Dale Koch, Tremont, IL (US); and Timothy Kater, Bloomington, IL (US)
Assigned to Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/274,430
Filed by Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/057433
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/049467, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/791,007, filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/771,572, filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,925, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/728,740, filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046848 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 5/062 (2013.01) [A01C 7/08 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reversible seed trench appurtenance assembly for a row unit of an agricultural planter, the row unit having an opening assembly configured to open a seed trench in a soil surface as the row unit advances in a forward direction of travel, the reversible seed trench appurtenance assembly comprising:
a mounting bracket operably supported by the row unit of the planter;
a coupling member having a portion received in said mounting bracket and a portion extending below said mounting bracket having ears with arcuate lobes terminating in hooks;
a seed trench appurtenance having an upper portion and a trailing portion, said upper portion received by said coupling member and said upper portion received within said mounting bracket, said seed trench appurtenance further including a transverse post;
wherein said seed trench appurtenance is movable between a normal operating position in which said trailing portion extends into the seed trench and a reversing position in which said trailing portion is vertically above said normal operating position;
whereby in said reversing position, said post engages with said hooks, and;
whereby when the row unit is reversed in a direction opposite the forward direction of travel, said seed trench appurtenance moves from said normal operating position to said reversing position thereby avoiding damage to the seed trench appurtenance and the mounting bracket.