Sea grass slab planter and related process
OwnerJames F. Andersoninventor
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Abstract
The planting of individual sea grass plants or small bunches of sea grass plants is known in the prior art. In the prior art these plantings are made either manually or with appropriate machinery. This invention deals with the digging, transporting and planting of large slabs of sea grass. The process comprises the steps of digging a slab of sea grass, transporting the slab of sea grass to a new location, digging a furrow with the same apparatus that is used to dig the slab of sea grass and depositing the slab of sea grass in the furrow.
Claims17
A process for transplanting a plurality of sea grass plants in a unitary operation which comprises the steps of:
- a. with a bucket having a first and second set of digging jaws, with said first set of jaws digging a slab of sea grass, which contains a plurality of sea grass plants,
- b. transporting the slab sea grass to a predetermined location,
- c. with the second set of jaws dig a furrow while the slab of sea grass is contained in the bucket and,
- d. depositing the slab of sea grass in the furrow.
A digger/planter for sea grass slabs in water comprising a floatable platform which has access to the surface of the water, a support positioned approximate said access, a digger/planter attached to said support, means attached to said support and to the digger/planter which allows the vertical movement of said digger/planter through the access, said digger/planter having a pair of primary jaws which are adapted to digging a slab of sea grass, approximate said primary jaws are a pair of secondary jaws which are adapted to engage the estuary bottom and digging a furrow in said estuary bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.