Patent ID: 6659028
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A planting device comprising:a housing for engaging into soil, said housing including a rear wall, and two side walls for defining a chamber in said housing and for receiving a plant to be planted, and said housing including a bottom opening formed therein, a pivotal jaw including an upper portion pivotally secured to said side walls of said housing, and including a lower portion rotatable toward and away from said rear wall of said housing, to move the soil out of said chamber of said housing when said lower portion of said pivotal jaw is moved away from said rear wall of said housing, for allowing the plant to be engaged into said chamber of said housing, and said pivotal jaw and said side walls and said rear wall of said housing forming and defining an enclosed peripheral portion for preventing the soil from entering into said chamber of said housing when said lower portion of said pivotal jaw is moved away from said rear wall of said housing, and at least one catch extended from a first of said side walls of said housing and extended of said chamber of said housing for engaging with said pivotal jaw, and for retaining said pivotal jaw at an outward position.