Patent ID: 7857072

Claim:
An agricultural system comprising: a support bracket configured to couple to a plow assembly; a mounting bracket pivotally coupled to the support bracket; wherein said mounting bracket having horizontal plates; a shank coupled to said support bracket; wherein said shank is non-curved and extends downwardly from said mounting bracket; a ground penetrating assembly coupled to said shank; an upper bracket coupled to the support bracket; a finishing wheel arm mounted to said horizontal plates; a finishing wheel mounting assembly mounted to said finishing wheel arm; a plurality of finishing wheels coupled to the finishing wheel mounting assembly and configured to contact a surface of the ground aft of the ground penetrating assembly; and a height adjustment assembly comprising a biasing member, wherein a first end of the adjustment assembly is pivotally coupled to the upper bracket and a second end of the height adjustment assembly is pivotally coupled to the mounting bracket, a pivot point of the height adjustment assembly being movable to enable a vertical adjustment of the finishing assembly with respect to the ground penetrating assembly and thereby adjustment of soil conditioning; wherein the height adjustment assembly comprises a pivot pin coupling the adjustment assembly to the upper bracket; wherein the upper bracket comprises a plurality of holes to receive the pin, wherein the holes are disposed at different positions configured to enable the vertical adjustment of the finishing assembly without affecting down pressure of the ground penetrating assembly.