Patent ID: 9237687
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A01C,G01S

Claim Text:
1. A row unit for an agricultural seed planter, comprising: a first seed meter having a first seed meter disc rotating around a first seed meter axis of rotation; and a second seed meter having a second seed meter disc rotating around a second seed meter axis of rotation; wherein said row unit is moved in a row unit direction of travel; wherein a first seed metered by said first seed meter disc exits said first seed meter at a position ahead of said first seed meter axis of rotation in said row unit direction of travel; wherein a second seed metered by said second seed meter disc exits said second seed meter at a position behind said second seed meter axis of rotation in said row unit direction of travel; and wherein said first seed meter axis of rotation and said second seed meter axis of rotation are oriented perpendicularly to said row unit direction of travel, and wherein said first seed meter disc rotates clockwise around said first seed meter axis of rotation and said second seed meter disc rotates counterclockwise around said second seed meter axis of rotation.