Soil conditioning device

A soil conditioning device comprising a substantially hollow wheel member having a circumferential surface at an outermost radius, a centrally disposed substantially hollow continuous flexible outer peripheral ridge extending radially from said circumferential surface, said substantially hollow peripheral ridge and said substantially hollow wheel being formed of lightweight flexible material and in open communication with each other, said substantially hollow peripheral ridge varying between first and second heights about said substantially hollow wheel member's circumferential surface, said first height and said second height being above said circumferential surface, said first height being less than said second height.

A device for creating a permeable soil surface having an increased surface area, comprising a substantially hollow round device having a plurality of substantially hollow peripheral ridge members, said round device and peripheral ridge members formed of lightweight flexible material, said substantially hollow round device and said substantially hollow peripheral ridge members being in open communication and each of said substantially hollow peripheral ridge members having a leading and trailing prow shaped surface positioned about said substantially hollow round device, each of said substantially hollow peripheral ridge members having a first side wall surface and a second side wall surface, each of said side wall surfaces curving inwardly forming a rounded leading edge where said leading edge curves downward from a top of said substantially hollow peripheral ridge member to said substantially hollow round device.

A soil consolidating device, comprising a substantially hollow wheel with a circumferential surface having a plurality of substantially hollow flexible ridge members each defined by a first side wall and a second side wall, said substantially hollow wheel being in open communication with said substantially hollow ridge members, said hollow wheel and said ridge members being formed of a lightweight flexible material, each of said substantially hollow ridge members further having a ridge including a rounded leading edge at one end of said substantially hollow ridge member and a rounded trailing edge at an opposite end of said substantially hollow ridge member, a longitudinal axis generally defined between said leading edge and trailing edge of each of said substantially hollow ridge members, said rounded leading edge curved about said longitudinal axis and from said ridge to said circumferential surface, said rounded trailing edge curved about said longitudinal axis and from said ridge to said circumferential surface, wherein said first side wall curves to said second side wall and said ridge curves from an uppermost height to said circumferential surface.

A soil consolidating device, comprising:

• a substantially hollow annular wheel comprised of a flexible lightweight material having an outer surface;
• a plurality of substantially hollow peripheral ridge members comprised of said flexible lightweight material extending from said outer surface;
• each of said substantially hollow ridge members having a first side surface joining with a second side surface forming a leading edge, an outer edge, and a trailing edge.