Manufactured seed having an improved end seal
AssigneeWeyerhaeuser NR Company
InventorsRobert A Starr, Lynn Kenneth Baldwin
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Abstract
An artificial seed is provided. The artificial seed includes a seed shell having a live end, a dead end and a perimeter. A nutritive media disposed within the seed shell. The artificial seed also includes a restraint disposed within the seed shell and having a cavity housing an embryo. A primary end seal is attached to the live end of the seed shell. The artificial seed further includes an end seal disposed on the dead end of the seed shell and the end seal has at least three closure axes forming a seal in a direction extending along each one of the closure axes.
Claims9
An artificial seed, comprising:
- (a) a seed shell having a live end, a dead end and a perimeter;
- (b) a nutritive media disposed within the seed shell;
- (c) a restraint disposed within the seed shell and having a cavity housing an embryo;
- (d) a primary end seal attached to the live end of the seed shell;
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- (e) an end seal disposed on the dead end of the seed shell, the end seal having at least three closure axes forming a seal in a direction extending along each one of the closure axes, wherein the at least three closure axes are located in a plane substantially normal to a longitudinal direction of the seed shell.
An artificial seed, comprising:
- (a) a seed shell having a live end, a dead end and a perimeter;
- (b) a nutritive media disposed within the seed shell;
- (c) a restraint disposed within the seed shell and having a cavity housing an embryo;
- (d) a primary end seal attached to the live end of the seed shell;
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- (e) an end seal integrally formed with the dead end of the seed shell, the end seal forming a seal along at least three axial directions relative to the seed shell, wherein the at least three axial directions are located in a plane substantially normal to a longitudinal direction of the seed shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.