Patent ID: 8342109

Claim:
A delivery boot for mounting on a shank of an agricultural implement and carrying a sweep blade to open a furrow in the ground under driving of the blade through the ground in a forward working direction, the delivery boot comprising: a channel member having front, rear and side walls defining a channel extending downward from an inlet proximate the top end of the channel member to an outlet proximate the bottom end of the channel member; a sweep connection element defined on the channel member at a front side thereof facing the forward working direction for cooperation with a corresponding sweep connection element of the sweep blade to facilitate coupling of the sweep blade to the delivery boot in a position leading the channel member in the forward working direction; a shank connection element defined on the channel member at a rear side thereof opposite the front side for cooperation with a corresponding shank connection element of the shank to facilitate coupling of the delivery boot to the shank in a position leading the shank in the forward working direction; and a spreader supported on the channel member proximate the outlet thereof for positioning of said spreader at a location leading the shank in the forward working direction to receive product delivered from the inlet through the channel member and guide said product laterally outward to both sides of the outlet at the location leading the shank in the forward working direction.