Row unit mounting system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorRandall A Maro
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for coupling a row unit to a frame of an agricultural implement include a row unit, such as a planter row unit. The row unit may be coupled to a frame of an agricultural planter by engagement between mounting features of the planter row unit to one or more rails formed on a frame of the agricultural planter. One or more of the mounting features may be movable relative to one or more other mounting features in order to secure the planting row unit to the frame of the agricultural planter.
Claims21
An agricultural implement comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- a laterally-extending toolbar;
- a first rail secured to the toolbar and extending at least partially along a length of the toolbar;
- and
- a second rail secured to the toolbar and extending at least partially along the length of the toolbar;
- and
- a row unit removably coupled to the frame, the row unit comprising:
- a first mounting feature receivable onto the first rail;
- and
- a second mounting feature receivable onto the second rail, the second mounting feature movable between a first position in which the second mounting feature is disengaged with the second rail and a second position in which the second mounting feature is engaged with the second rail,
- wherein the second mounting feature is pivotable relative to the first mounting feature.
An agricultural implement comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- a laterally-extending toolbar comprising a first side;
- a first laterally-extending rail extending from the first side;
- and
- a second laterally-extending rail extending from the first side;
- a row unit removably coupled to the frame, the row unit comprising:
- a first mounting feature receivable onto the first rail;
- and
- a second mounting feature receivable onto the second rail, the second mounting feature being pivotable between a first position in which the second mounting feature is disengaged with the second rail and a second position in which the second mounting feature is engaged with the second rail.
A method of coupling a row unit to an agricultural implement, the method comprising:
- providing a frame comprising:
- a laterally-extending toolbar comprising:
- a first laterally-extending rail formed along a first side of the toolbar;
- and
- a second laterally-extending rail formed along the first side of the toolbar;
- providing a row unit comprising:
- a first mounting feature;
- and
- a second mounting feature;
- engaging the first mounting feature onto the first rail;
- and
- pivoting the second mounting feature relative to the first mounting feature from a first position in which the second mounting feature is disengaged with the second rail to a second position in which the second mounting feature is engaged with the second rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.