(under subclass 508) Apparatus comprising means for positioning or holding standing plants (e.g., weeds) so that they may be covered or cut by the operation of an earth working element.
(1) Note. This definition includes means to hold surface material, such as stalks, in position to be cut by an earth working element, but excludes means to change the position of surface material without disturbing the soil. See subclasses
29+.
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29+, for devices for shifting surface material without disturbing the soil. See (1) Note above.
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111, Planting, 143, for a trash hold down claimed in combination with a planting machine.
