Patent ID: 9003982
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A01B,A01C

Abstract:
1. A horticulture apparatus for preparing and seeding a strip of farmland with a tractor having a rear end and a front end, comprising: a tractor attachment mechanism for selectively fixing the apparatus with the rear end of the tractor; a front frame fixed with the tractor attachment mechanism and including a horizontal tine support bar having a plurality of vertical mutually-aligned apertures therethrough and a plurality of tine assemblies each having at least one downwardly-projecting tine and each adapted for selectively adjustable vertical positioning within one of the apertures of the tine support bar, the front frame further including a middle frame pivot mount and at a front end thereof a middle frame pivot angle adjustment mechanism; a middle frame fixed with the middle frame pivot mount of the front frame at a forward pivot bar thereof, the forward pivot bar fixed with a forward end of a longitudinal support bar that traverses the middle frame pivot angle adjustment mechanism of the front frame and is adapted to be raised or lowered thereby while pivoting about the pivot bar thereof, the longitudinal support bar being fixed with a drill planter roller assembly between the middle frame pivot angle adjustment mechanism and a rearward end thereof, the rearward end of the longitudinal support bar terminating in a back frame angle adjustment mechanism; the drill planter roller assembly comprising a horizontal roller support bar traversing the longitudinal support bar of the middle frame and including a vertical central aperture and vertical lateral apertures therethrough, the horizontal roller support bar including a pair of lateral back frame pivot mounts and fixed with a plurality of drill planter roller frames, each supporting at least one drill planter roller between two end assemblies, each end assembly selectively adjustably fixed through one of either the central aperture or one of the lateral apertures so that the roll angle of each drill planter roller is adjusted; and a U-shaped back frame having two forward arms each pivotally fixed at one of the back frame pivot mounts of the horizontal roller support bar, the back frame terminating at a rear drill planter roller pivotally fixed thereto and further including a central angle adjustment bar adapted for selective adjustable attachment with the back frame angle adjustment mechanism; whereby with the apparatus fixed with the rear end of the tractor and the tine assemblies and the drill planter roller frames each adjusted to engage the strip of farmland, the tractor can be driven along the strip of farmland with the plurality of tines breaking-up the farmland and the drill planter rollers shaping and manicuring the strip of farmland behind the tractor.