Patent ID: 6024034
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A preparatory device for sowing seeds comprising:a plurality of square rods each having a threaded male attachment on one end thereof, a threaded female attachment on the opposing end thereof and a plurality of length defining marks along an entire length of one side thereon,a plurality of outer press attachments, each outer attachment consisting of a 1-inch long upper square tube and a 2-inch lower square tube, the upper square tube being fixably connected in a perpendicular, horizontal relationship to the lower square tube,each of said outer attachments having two square ports extending in a perpendicular direction with respect to one another, the square ports each sized to slidably accommodate one of said square rods, each of said square rods being fixed to either said upper square tube or said lower square tube of said outer press attachment, the square rods being fixed by means of a threaded thumbscrew selectively having a spacer wherein the thumbscrew extends through top surfaces of both the upper and lower square tubes and therein applying securing pressure to a top surface of respective square rods, the lower square tubes having additional downwardly depending threaded nipples which act as further securing means; and,a plurality of inner press attachments consisting of a second 1-inch long square tube having a second square port for slidably accommodating the square rods, each inner press attachment having a threaded thumbscrew extending through a top surface and a downwardly depending threaded nipple through a bottom surface, the inner press attachments existing between a least two outer press attachments.