Automatic planter and plastic laying device

Claim 1

A PLANT RECEPTACLE, GROUND DIGGING AND PLANE PLANTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SUPPORT FRAME ADAPTED TO BE MOVED ALONG A PATH OF MOVEMENT ABOVE THE GROUND, A SUPPORT SHAFT JOURNALED FROM SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION ABOUT A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AXIS EXTENDINGG TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PATH OF MOVEMENT, A PAIR OF UPSTANDING COACTING MEMBERS DEFINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING RECEPTACLE, A PAIR OF MOUNTING PLATES SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AT POINTS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY THEREALONG AND FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A MOUNTING SHAFT JOURNALED BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND GENERALLY PARALLELING SAID SUPPORT SHAFT, SAID COACTING MEMBERS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A STATIONARY DRIVE WHEEL STATIONARILY SUPPORTED FROM SAID FRAME AND CONCENTRIC WITH SAID SUPPORT SHAFT, A DRIVEN WHEEL ON SAID MOUNTING SHAFT MOUNTED FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, AN ENDLESS FLEXIBLE DRIVE MEMBER ENTRAINED OVER SAID DRIVE AND DRIVEN WHEELS DRIVINGLY CONNECTING THE FORMER TO THE LATTER FOR MAINTAINING SAID RECEPTACLE GENERALLY UPRIGHT DURING SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID COACTING MEMBERS ABOUT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SUPPORT SHAFT, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID COACTING MEMBERS ENGAGEABLE WITH PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES FOR SWINGING THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID COACTING MEMBERS APART IN RESPONSE TO THEIR MOVEMENT TO LOWERED POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME.