Planting apparatus

Abstract

Planting apparatus includes: (i) a housing that defines: a primary guide; and first and second opposed branch guides extending laterally from the primary guide; (ii) a first runner slidably secured to, and movable along the primary guide; (iii) a second runner securable to, and movable along a first branch guide; and (iv) a third runner securable to, and movable along a second branch guide. The first, second and third runners are configured such that: the second runner is receivable from the first branch guide on to the first runner; and the third runner is receivable from the second branch guide on to the first runner. Actuators move: (i) the second runner along the first branch guide and on to the first runner; (ii) the third runner along the second branch guide and on to the first runner; and (iii) the first runner, together with either of the second or third runners received thereon, along the primary guide.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.