Patent ID: 6314679
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A planting tray for depositing sprouted plants onto a growing bed, comprising:a peripheral frame open at the bottom, having a front including a front member, a rear member, a first side member spanning and connecting said front member and said rear member, and a second side member spanning and connecting said front member and said rear member;a rigid floor panel disposed at said open bottom of said frame, wherein said floor panel is separate from said frame, having a rear edge disposed proximate said rear member of said frame;support elements disposed to support said floor panel at said open bottom of said frame;a flexible web having a first end anchored along said front member of said frame and a free end, disposed to extend towards said rear member of said frame over said floor panel, to pass around said rear edge of said floor panel, to extend beneath said floor panel, and to project towards and beyond said front member of said frame, wherein said web is disposed to eject said floor panel towards the front of said tray when said web is pulled by said free end in a direction from said rear member of said frame to said front member of said frame.