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US 11,871,693 B1Granted
Transplanter
AssigneeNeversink Tools
InventorsCarson McNeal, Conor Crickmore
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Abstract
A transplanter including a frame structure that is configured to support a tray, an operating handle structure, and a base structure including a chute. The frame structure can include a furrower to from a furrow in soil and the transplanter can also include a furrow closing structure configured to close the furrow at a location beyond an end of the chute. The operating handle structure can enable one or more attributes of the operating handle to be selectively reconfigured. The base structure can be fabricated from one or more injection molded parts.
Claims21
A transplanter comprising:
- a guide wheel structure including a set of guide wheels, wherein the set of guide wheels includes two guide wheels configured to be selectively configured with any one of at least two preconfigured spacings there between;
- 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 the guide wheel structure and a first end of the longitudinal support structure, the operating handle structure including a grip for pulling the transplanter;
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- 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 base structure is configured to support the tray against the back end and 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.
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A transplanter comprising:
- a guide wheel structure including a set of guide wheels;
- a frame structure including:
- a set of frames configured for supporting a tray;
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- a furrower configured to form a furrow in soil;
- an operating handle structure connected to the guide wheel structure and the frame structure, wherein the operating handle structure includes:
- a fixed extension attached to the frame structure and the guide wheel structure;
- an adjustable extension configured to be attached to the fixed extension, wherein an angle between the fixed extension and the adjustable extension is selectively adjustable;
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- a grip for operating the transplanter, wherein the grip is attached to an end of the adjustable extension;
- a base structure including a funnel-like shaped back portion and a chute extending from the funnel-like shaped back portion;
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- a furrow closing structure configured for closing the furrow, wherein the furrow closing structure is mounted to the base structure at a location beyond an end of the chute.
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A transplanter comprising:
- a guide wheel structure including a set of guide wheels;
- a frame structure including:
- a set of frames configured for supporting a tray;
- and
- a furrower configured to form a furrow in soil;
- an operating handle structure connected to the guide wheel structure and the frame structure, wherein the operating handle structure includes:
- a fixed extension attached to the frame structure and the guide wheel structure;
- an adjustable extension configured to be attached to the fixed extension, wherein an angle between the fixed extension and the adjustable extension is selectively adjustable;
- and
- a grip for operating the transplanter, wherein the grip is attached to an end of the adjustable extension;
- a base structure including a chute, wherein the base structure is fabricated from at least one injection molded part;
- and
- a furrow closing structure configured for closing the furrow, wherein the furrow closing structure is mounted to the base structure at a location beyond an end of the chute.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.