US Patent Issued to AGRIPLANT on July 14 for "Planting disc for a disc planter" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,729, issued on July 14, was assigned to AGRIPLANT NV (Langemark, Belgium).

"Planting disc for a disc planter" was invented by Bart Parrein (Langemark, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a planting disc for a disc planter, including a flexible disc-shaped member with a peripheral edge and an inner surface and outer surface. The inner surface of the planting disc includes a contact-pressure lip which is raised in relation to the inner surface and which is arranged in such a way that a groove is formed between the contact-pressure lip and the peripheral edge. Also disclosed herein is a set of two planting discs f...