Patent ID: 6918342

Claim:
A bracket assembly for supporting seed planting appurtenances in substantial alignment with respect to a seed tube of an agricultural planter, said bracket assembly comprising: a housing having opposing first and second sides; mounting structure for securing said housing to an agricultural planter rearwardly and in substantial alignment with respect to a seed tube of an agricultural planter; walls for maintaining said first and second sides of said housing in spaced apart relation, and wherein said walls further define a cavity in substantial alignment with respect to the seed tube for receiving a resilient tool such that an upper end of said resilient tool is receivably supported in said cavity and wherein a lower end of said resilient tool is disposed rearwardly and in substantial alignment with respect to the seed tube, and wherein said walls further define a passageway through at least a portion of said housing; a length of liquid conduit disposed through said passageway and wherein one end of said liquid conduit is in fluid communication with a liquid supply reservoir and wherein a second end of said liquid conduit is supported rearwardly and in substantial alignment with said lower end of said resilient tool, whereby said liquid conduit communicates liquid from said liquid supply reservoir downward through said passageway and rearwardly of said lower end of said resilient tool.