Patent ID: 9730378
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A01B,A01C

Claim:
1. An agricultural planting apparatus, comprising: a chassis; a row unit carried by said chassis and defining a width, said row unit including: a mounting body carried by said unit body and including a pivot feature defining said axis of rotation, said pressing wheel being pivotally connected to said pivot feature; at least one pivoting arm pivotally connecting said pressing wheel to said pivot feature of said mounting body; wherein said restraining member is a biasing element, said biasing element being reversibly connected to said at least one pivoting arm, said pressing wheel being in said restrained pivoting configuration when said biasing element is connected to said at least one pivoting arm and in said freely pivoting configuration when said biasing member is disconnected from said at least one pivoting arm; and a restraining tab connected to said mounting body, said restraining tab being reversibly connectable to said at least one pivoting arm, said pressing wheel being in said restrained pivoting configuration when said restraining tab is connected to said at least one pivoting arm and in said freely pivoting configuration when said at least one pivoting arm is disconnected from said biasing member and said restraining tab.