Planting spacer and planting depth defining device
OwnerBrian W. Nowell, Gregory L. Nowellinventors
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Abstract
A planting spacer and planting depth defining device includes a central rod on which a block is slidably mounted to define the depth of plant-receiving planting holes. A ruler is slidably received in the block and is used to define the spacing between plant-receiving holes. The plant-receiving holes are defined by forcing a point of the rod into the ground at the location marked using the ruler. The block is positioned on the rod element at a location to set the depth of the plant-receiving hole when the rod element point is forced into the soil until the block engages the soil.
Claims6
A planting spacer and planting depth defining device comprising:
- A) a rod element having a planting hole-defining point on one end thereof, a longitudinal axis extending through said point, and a plurality of planting hole depth-defining markings thereon;
- B) a mounting block mounted on said rod element and slidable longitudinally of said rod element, said mounting block having a bore defined therethrough, a slot defined therethrough, said slot including a first portion and a second portion, with said second portion being oriented at an angle to said first portion, and block attaching means for attaching said block to said rod element;
- C) a spacing ruler mounted on said block in said slot to slide in said slot, said spacing ruler having a first section which is slidably received in said first portion and a second section which is slidably received in said second portion, said second section being oriented at an angle to said first section and having a top planar surface, said ruler being elongated and having a plurality of rigid marking projections on said top planar surface, said rigid markings being raised above said top planar surface;
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- D) ruler attaching means for attaching said ruler to said block so that said ruler can slide in said slot longitudinally of said ruler, said ruler attaching means including a flexible calibrating projection element mounted at one end thereof on said block adjacent to said slot and having a free end thereof located in said second portion, said free end engaging said rigid marking projections as said ruler is moved in said slot.
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