Runner planter means

Claim 1

A planter runner assembly adapted to be attached to a planter, comprising a planter runner having a forwardly-located earth-parting component, and rearwardly thereof vertical side walls, which, when moved forwardly along the ground, provide between them a flat earth-shielded furrow into which seed is to be planted, and a seed diverter means which is operative to distribute seed across the width of said furrow, and a hood member formed to provide generally parallel side walls respectively attached to the vertical side walls of the planter runner, and earth-shielding walls extending transversely from the hood member's side walls, the said earth-shielding walls each diverging in a sloping manner outwardly and downwardly respectively from bottom edges of the hood member's side walls, and including a rearward cover means attached along the rear downwardly, rearwardly sloping edges of the said earth-shielding walls, said rearward cover means having a bottom transverse edge elevated above the lower edges of said earth-shielding walls and including means for mounting said seed diverter means, whereby the combination of the earth-shielding transversely-extending walls and the rearward cover means shield the seeds being planted from earth falling into the furrow, generated by the forward movement of the planter, until the distribution of the seeds as spread by the seed diverter means has taken place.