Patent ID: 8869717

Claim:
A soil opener adapted to be attached to an agricultural implement for placement of product in a furrow formed in soil, comprising: a mount configured to be coupled to a shank of the agricultural implement and having a lower terminal end and a leading edge for separating the soil as the soil opener is pulled through the soil, the mount including at least one delivery channel arranged inside the mount to receive product from at least one delivery tube for delivery of the product into the furrow; a spreader removably coupled to the lower terminal end of the mount and including at least one delivery channel communicating with the at least one delivery channel inside the mount and being configured to deflect product delivered to the spreader outward and rearward into the soil; and a tip removably coupled to the spreader and configured to cut a furrow into the soil, and wherein the product is deposited into the furrow; wherein the product sequentially flows from the at least one delivery tube, through the at least one delivery channel of the mount and through the at least one delivery channel of the spreader so as to be discharged from the spreader outward and rearward into the soil.