Patent ID: 8961098
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A seed cart for transporting bulk seed containers and for transferring seed from the bulk seed containers to a seed planting machine, the seed cart comprising: a frame; a plurality of bulk seed container supports attached to the frame, each of the plurality of bulk seed container supports being adapted to support a bulk seed container of said bulk seed containers: a feed tube connected to each of the plurality of bulk seed container supports, each feed tube being configured to engage a bulk seed container of said bulk seed containers when the container is supported on a corresponding bulk seed container support of said plurality of bulk seed container supports; a delivery tube connected to each feed tube; a funnel connected to the plurality of delivery tubes to receive seeds from the delivery tubes; and an auger tube having a first end connected to the funnel and a second end; an auger positioned in the auger tube; and a motor connected to the auger to rotate the auger so that the auger is operable in a first rotational direction and in a second rotational direction.