Patent ID: 7584706

Claim:
A gauge wheel assembly for a farming implement to set a depth of penetration of a tool into a ground surface, the gauge wheel assembly comprising: a hub portion positioned substantially centrally with respect to the gauge wheel assembly about an axis of rotation for the gauge wheel assembly, a rim portion forming a circumference of the gauge wheel assembly and forming a circumferential ground contacting surface; an intermediate portion positioned between the hub portion and the rim portion and connecting the rim portion to the hub portion, the intermediate portion comprising: a hub side section positioned about the hub portion; a rim side section positioned inwardly of the rim portion; and a plurality of spoke sections extending from the hub side section to the rim side section and connecting the hub side section to the rim side section, the rim side section encircling the plurality of spoke sections; wherein the hub side section of the intermediate portion defines an aperture, the hub portion being positioned in the aperture of the hub side section; and wherein the intermediate portion is separable from the rim portion and the intermediate portion is separable from the hub portion; wherein the circumferential ground contacting surface extends along an entirety of an outermost circumference of the rim portion such that the ground contacting surface contacts the ground surface; wherein the ground contacting surface has a uniform width along the entirety of the circumference of the rim portion.