Trash clearing brush unit for a planter unit

Claim 1

A trash clearing brush unit for use ahead of a planter, said brush unit including mounting means for releasably securing said brush unit to said planter; a vertical support bar adapted to be connected to said mounting means, said support bar being vertically adjustable with respect to said mounting means; a V-shaped bracket extending outwardly from said support bar, said bracket including a pair of support members angularly inclined toward each other; a pair of circular brushes, each brush having a circular mounting ring having an inner diameter and a plurality of flexible bristles secured to and extending radially outwardly from said mounting ring; a circular adapter located on one side of each said mounting ring, each said adapter including an outwardly extending wall adapted to fit closely within said inner diameter of said mounting ring; an adapter cover respectively located on the other side of each said mounting ring from said circular adapter and fastened to said circular adapter such that each said mounting ring is gripped between its corresponding adapter and adapter cover; a hub releasably and rotatably securable to each respective support arm; and means for fastening each respective adapter and adapter cover to a respective hub such that each said brush is rotatably mounted to a respective support member, whereby said flexible bristles are operative to permit said brushes to sweep the ground surface to laterally displace debris and clear a path for said planter without displacing or penetrating the ground soil.