Patent ID: 7357087

Claim:
A method for modifying a seed planter including a frame having a plurality of wheels for supporting the seed planter during rolling over a surface of ground to be planted with seed, a container joined to the frame for containing seed to be planted, and a planting mechanism which plants seeds received from the container below the ground comprising: raising the container upward from the frame to separate the container from being joined to the frame; positioning a support between the container and the frame to join the support to sides of the frame and to spaced apart positions of the container to support the container above the frame, the positioned support transferring weight of the container and any seed therein to the frame; at least one weight sensing device which senses a weight of the container and any seed therein transferred through the support to the frame and which provides an output of the sensed weight of the container and any seed therein including during planting of the seeds during rolling over the surface of the ground; providing a display for displaying the weight of the seed contained in the container; and the planting mechanism receiving seeds contained in the container and planting the seeds received from the container below the ground; and wherein the at least one weight sensing device comprises at least one load cell associated with the support.