Groove forming, seed orienting planter shoe

Claim 1

A GROOVE FORMER FOR SEED PLANTING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY HAVING A STEPPED LOWERMOST EXTREMITY, SAID BODY INCLUDING: A LEADING GROOVE OPENING BLADE PROVIDED WITH A GENERALLY UPRIGHT REARMOST END, A LONGITUDINALLY CONVEX, RELATIVELY SHARP LOWERMOST CUTTING EDGE, PRESENTING ONE OF THE STEPS OF SAID EXTREMITY, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED OUTER FACES CONVERGING AS SAID EDGE IS APPROACHED, SAID EDGE SLOPING DOWNWARDLY AS SAID END IS APPROACHED, THE WIDTH OF THE BLADE BETWEEN SAID FACES PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING AS SAID END IS APPROACHED; AND A TRAILING PORTION INTEGRAL WITH THE BLADE AND DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID END, SAID PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED OUTER SURFACES SLOPING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY, THE SLOPE OF SAID SURFACE BEING GREATER THAN THE SLOPE OF SAID FACES, SAID PORTION INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SEED GUIDE AT THE REARMOST TERMINUS OF THE BODY AND A GROOVE MAINTAINER BETWEEN THE GUIDE AND SAID END AND MAINTAINER BETWEEN THE GUIDE MAINTAINER HAVING A LOWERMOST LONGITUDINAL EDGE SPACED ABOVE THE REARMOST END OF THE CUTTING EDGE AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID END, PRESENTING A SECOND STEP OF SAID EXTREMITY, SAID GUIDE INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED, ELONGATED DEFLECTORS HAVING LOWERMOST LONGITUDINAL EDGES PRESENTING A SEED OPENING THEREBETWEN AND SPACED ABOVE SAID EDGE OF THE MAINTAINER AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE MAINTAINER, PRESENTING A THIRD STEP OF SAID EXTREMITY, SAID DEFLECTORS HAVING INNER FACES CONVERGING AS SAID EDGES OF THE DEFLECTORS ARE APPROACHED.