Seed tab and seed boot assembly with seed tab

• US 10,448,557 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2017
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deere & Company
• Original Assignee: Deere & Company
• Inventors: Martin, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Novosad, Christopher J.
• Application Number:
  US15/667,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20190037763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 71/02 Setting or adjusting mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/064 with rotating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/068 Furrow packing devices, e.g. press wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/105 Seed sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/20 Parts of seeders for conducting and depositing seed

Abstract

A seed tab for a seed boot having a seed passage extending from an inlet to an outlet includes a tab body and a tab tail. The tab body has a mounting arrangement at a first end and a laterally outer edge. The tab tail extends from the tab body to a second end and has a laterally outer edge that extends laterally outward of the laterally outer edge of the tab body. A laterally extending edge extends between the laterally outer edge of the tab body and the laterally outer edge of the tab tail. The seed tab is configured so that, when the tab body is connected to the seed boot at the mounting arrangement, the tab tail extends downwardly behind the outlet of the seed boot.

Claims

1. A seed tab for a seed boot having a seed passage extending from an inlet to an outlet, the seed tab comprising:

a tab body having a mounting arrangement at a first end and having a laterally outer edge; and

a tab tail extending from the tab body to a second end, the tab tail having a laterally outer edge that extends laterally outward of the laterally outer edge of the tab body;

wherein a laterally extending edge extends between the laterally outer edge of the tab body and the laterally outer edge of the tab tail;

wherein the laterally outer edge of the tab tail, from proximate the laterally extending edge to proximate the second end, is substantially parallel with at least a portion of the laterally outer edge of the tab body; and

wherein the seed tab is configured so that, when the tab body is connected to the seed boot at the mounting arrangement, the tab tail extends downwardly behind the outlet of the seed boot.

2. The seed tab of claim 1, wherein the laterally extending edge cooperates with the laterally outer edge of the tab body and the laterally outer edge of the tab tail to form a notch.

3. The seed tab of claim 2, wherein the laterally extending edge is disposed proximate an edge surface at a back end of the seed boot when the seed tab is connected to the seed boot.

4. The seed tab of claim 1, wherein the tab body has a laterally inner edge;

and

wherein the tab tail has a laterally inner edge.

5. The seed tab of claim 4, wherein at least portions of the laterally inner and outer edges of the tab body are substantially parallel.

6. The seed tab of claim 4, wherein the laterally inner edge of the tab tail extends laterally outward from the laterally inner edge of the tab body.

7. The seed tab of claim 4, wherein the laterally inner edge of the tab tail tapers laterally outward in a straight line from the laterally inner edge of the tab body to the second end.

8. The seed tab of claim 4, wherein another laterally extending edge extends along the second end between the laterally inner and outer edges of the tab tail.

9. The seed tab of claim 1, wherein the mounting arrangement is an opening extending through the tab body configured to receive a threaded fastener.

10. A seed boot assembly comprising:

a seed boot defining a seed passage extending from an inlet to an outlet at a back end; and

a seed tab having a mounting arrangement at a first end configured to couple the seed tab to the back end of the seed boot so that a second end of the seed tab extends downwardly behind the outlet of the seed boot;

wherein the seed tab has a tab body defining a first laterally outer edge extending proximate an inner surface of the seed passage of the seed boot and has a tab tail defining a second laterally outer edge that extends laterally outward of the first laterally outer edge and the seed passage of the seed boot, the second laterally outer edge being substantially parallel with at least a portion of the first laterally outer edge from proximate the seed boot to proximate the second end.

11. The seed boot assembly of claim 10,

wherein a laterally extending edge extends between the laterally outer edge of the tab body and the laterally outer edge of the tab tail.

12. The seed boot assembly of claim 11, wherein the laterally extending edge is disposed proximate an edge surface at the back end of the seed boot.

13. The seed boot assembly of claim 10, wherein the tab body has a laterally inner edge;

and

wherein the tab tail has a laterally inner edge.

14. The seed boot assembly of claim 13, wherein at least portions of the laterally inner and outer edges of the tab body are substantially parallel.

15. The seed boot assembly of claim 13, wherein the laterally inner edge of the tab tail extends laterally outward from the laterally inner edge of the tab body.

16. The seed boot assembly of claim 13, wherein the laterally inner edge of the tab tail tapers laterally outward in a straight line from the laterally inner edge of the tab body to the second end.

17. The seed boot assembly of claim 13, wherein another laterally extending edge extends along the second end between the laterally inner and outer edges of the tab tail.

18. The seed boot assembly of claim 10, wherein the mounting arrangement is an opening extending through the tab body configured to receive a threaded fastener.