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US 11,991,949 B2Granted
Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsMichael Strnad, Timothy Kater
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Abstract
A soil apparatus (e.g., seed firmer) having a locking system is described herein. In one embodiment, the soil apparatus includes a lower base portion for engaging in soil of an agricultural field, an upper base portion, and a neck portion having protrusions to insert into the lower base portion of a base and then lock when a region of the upper base portion is inserted into the lower base portion and this region of the upper base portion presses the protrusions to lock the neck portion to the upper base portion.
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A soil apparatus comprising:
- a lower base portion of a base to firm seed in a trench that is formed in an agricultural field;
- an upper base portion of the base having a protruding region disposed to extend at an end of the upper base portion;
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- a neck portion adapted for releasably attaching to a row unit of an implement, wherein the neck portion has first and second protrusions to insert into the lower base portion and then lock when the protruding region of the upper base portion is inserted into the lower base portion and this protruding region of the upper base portion presses the first and second protrusions into the lower base portion to lock the neck portion to the upper base portion and the lower base portion.
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A soil apparatus comprising:
- a lower base portion to firm seed in a trench that is formed in soil of an agricultural field;
- an upper base portion;
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- a neck portion having protrusions to insert into two separate openings of the lower base portion and then lock to the lower base portion when the two separate openings accept the protrusions, wherein the neck portion is configured to attach to an agricultural implement, wherein the protrusions comprise two prongs with each prong including a tab to insert into one of the two separate openings of the lower base portion for locking the neck portion to the lower base portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.