Patent ID: 8544396

Claim:
A seed dispersing assembly configured for attachment to a seeding apparatus configured to open a furrow and deposit seeds into the furrow, said assembly comprising: a housing configured to receive and disperse seeds, said housing being configured to be attached to a bottom of the seeding apparatus, said housing including a seed wing and a sealer plate attached together, said seed wing defining an upper wall of said housing and said sealer plate defining a bottom wall; said sealer plate having a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge; and said seed wing having an upper surface, a lower surface, forward edge, a rearward edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said seed wing being configured to be abutted against and coupled to the seeding apparatus, said housing having a lumen therein being in fluid communication with a seed inlet tube of the seeding apparatus, said sealer plate being attached to said lower surface of said seed wing, said seed wing and said sealer plate forming a pair of ejection ports of said lumen at a juncture of said rearward edge and said back edge, said ejection ports being positioned rearward of a blade of the seeding apparatus, said seed wing and said sealer plate each being frustum shaped such that said first and second lateral edges of said seed wing are angled away from each other from said forward edge to said rearward edge and said first and second side edges are angled away from each other from said front edge to said back edge, said seed wing has a middle section extending from said forward edge to said rearward edge, said upper surface being angled downwardly from said middle section to each of said first and second lateral edges.