Patent ID: 7775293

Claim:
A ground working implement comprising: an implement frame adapted for movement along the ground in an operating travel direction; a curved shank extending rearward and then downward from an implement frame member to a lower shank end; a ground engaging tool attached to the lower shank end and operative to create a furrow in the soil when the implement is moved along the ground; a bracket attached to the implement such that the bracket extends down from an upper forward portion of the shank; a bracket aperture defined by a lower end of the bracket, the bracket aperture oriented substantially horizontally and perpendicular to the operating travel direction; right and left spring arms attached at top ends thereof to right and left coil springs, the right and left coil springs connected by a cross member; right and left soil moving elements attached to lower ends of the respective right and left spring arms; a spring tube extending through the coil springs and through the bracket aperture to attach the spring arms to the bracket such that a spring arm extends rearward and downward from the lower end of the bracket on each side of a shank location; right and left clips attached to the spring tube on corresponding right and left sides of the bracket aperture such that the right and left clips define right and left clip apertures, and wherein the cross member extends through the right and left clip apertures; and wherein the clip apertures are larger than the cross member such that the cross member is movable in the clip apertures.