Patent ID: 6349776
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A01B,A01C

Abstract:
An agricultural assembly comprising:a) a tube including an upper portion and a lower portion; b) a shaft slidably received in said tube and including a first coupler attached to said shaft and movable in concert with said shaft relative to said tube, said first coupler being slidably received in said lower portion of said tube and movable and extendible outward of said lower portion of said tube when said tube is moved relative to said shaft; c) a sleeve rotatably engaged on said tube and including a foot rest provided thereon; d) a first tool element secured to said lower portion of said tube for being forced into soil by said foot rest; and e) a second tool element including a second coupler provided thereon and engaged with said first coupler when said first coupler is moved and extended outward of said lower portion of said tube, for selectively attaching said second tool element to said shaft, said first coupler and said second coupler being secured together when said first coupler and said second coupler are slidably received in said tube; said first tool element being movable downward relative to said second tool element, and said second tool element being movable upward relative to said first tool element when said first tool element is forced into the soil by said foot rest.