Patent ID: 6289828
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A manual seeding device equipped to till a seed bed and to seed a tilled bed with a desired plant seed, said device comprising:a) an elongated tubular shaft having a proximate end at one end of the shaft and a discharging end at an opposite end of the shaft;b) a seed chamber housed within the shaft with said chamber being equipped with a feed inlet for filling the chamber with seed;c) a seed valve at the discharging end of the chamber for discharging seed from the chamber;d) an activating member for activating the seed valve so as to permit the discharge of seed from the chamber;e) a tined member equipped with tilling tines at the discharging end of the shaft for tilling the seed bed, with said tined member including a seed dispensing port for discharging seed discharged from the chamber; andf) a handle disposed outwardly from the shaft so as to permit rotation of the tined member by rotating the handle about a longitudinal axis of the shaft so as to till the seed bed while also allowing for the discharging seed from the seed chamber with said seed valve.