Hose constraint for planter apparatus

An apparatus for use with an agricultural assembly including at least one rigid support member and a plurality of power cables that traverse along trajectories generally aligned with a cable trajectory adjacent a mounting segment on a mounting side of the support member, each of the power cables having a cable specific cross sectional area, the apparatus comprising:

• a means for forming an elongated substantially rigid passageway that traverses between first and second ends, the passageway defining a minimum cross sectional area that is greater than the combined cross sectional areas of the plurality of power cables;
• and
• a means for mounting the means for forming to the mounting side of the support member such that the passageway is substantially aligned with the cable trajectory;
• wherein, with the means for forming mounted to the support member, the cables are loosely receivable through the passageway to generally retain the cables proximate the support member.

An agricultural apparatus comprising:

• a wheel mounted carrier platform;
• an implement bar mounted for pivotal motion to the carrier platform, the implement bar including a mounting segment on a mounting side;
• a plurality of power cables mounted to the apparatus such that the cables extend along a cable trajectory proximate the mounted segment;
• a substantially rigid restraining member that forms an elongated passageway that traverses between first and second ends, the passageway defining a minimum cross sectional area that is greater than the combined cross sectional areas of the plurality of power cables;
• and
• a mounting member secured to the restraining member and mounted to the mounting segment of the implement bar such that the passageway is substantially aligned with the cable trajectory;
• wherein, with the restraining member mounted to the support member, the cables are loosely received through the passageway to generally retain the cables proximate the implement bar.