Patent ID: 8596208

Claim:
A pick assembly for delivering a seed product from a supply thereof to a delivery location, the pick assembly comprising: a pick wheel that is turned around an axis; and at least a first pick arm assembly on the pick wheel and having at least a first cantilever-mounted pick that is caused to: a) penetrate a seed product from the supply thereof so that the seed product is in a holding position; b) advance the seed product in the holding position; and c) release the seed product from the holding position for movement of the seed product to a delivery location as an incident of the pick wheel turning around the axis, wherein the first pick has a body with a length and lengthwise axis extending between spaced mounting and free ends, the body having an exposed surface that tapers over at least a portion of the length of the body to produce a wedging action as the first pick penetrates the seed product to frictionally maintain the penetrated seed product in the holding position, wherein there is at least one discrete raised holding element on the exposed surface of the body that: a) has an axial width bounded by axially spaced edges; b) penetrates the seed product with the seed product in the holding position; and c) at least one of: i) extends through less than fully around the lengthwise axis of the first pick body; and ii) has gaps at both axially spaced edges each extending along the lengthwise axis a distance greater than the axial width.