Patent ID: 7418908
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. In an agricultural seeder adapted for forward movement over soil by hitch structure and having a transversely extending frame with a centerline, the frame supporting tools for depositing one or more materials in the soil, material hopper and routing structure comprising: left and right hoppers offset laterally from each other on opposite sides of the centerline and defining an operator access area between the hoppers; a central hopper located between the left and right hoppers adjacent the operator accesses area, the left and right hoppers offset rearwardly from the central hopper; conduit structure connected to the right, left and central hoppers and selectively attachable to different ones of tools, wherein the selective attachment of the conduit structure determines which hopper feeds each of the tools; and wherein the central hopper comprises a seed hopper for containing a first variety of seed and the left and right hoppers comprise seed hoppers for containing one or more varieties of seed different from the first variety of seed, wherein the variety of seed delivered to the tools is determined by the selective attachment of the conduit structure.