Abstract: A method of maintaining artificial turf using a turf maintenance robot. The artificial turf comprises an artificial turf carpet, wherein the artificial turf carpet comprises turf fibers which form an artificial turf surface. The artificial turf fibers have a grain. The artificial turf comprises artificial turf infill distributed between the artificial turf fibers. The turf maintenance robot is a self driving robot, wherein the turf maintenance robot comprises a memory for storing turf grain data descriptive the grain of the artificial turf fibers. The method comprises brushing the artificial turf surface by the turf maintenance robot. The turf maintenance robot performs the brushing dependent upon the turf grain data.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, an attachment system for a work vehicle may include a chassis interface coupled to a chassis of the work vehicle. The chassis interface may include a recess extending in a longitudinal direction and a pin retainer having a pin hole extending in a lateral direction. The recess receives a protrusion of an attachment interface coupled to an attachment. The pin hole of the pin retainer receives a pin and the pin fastens the chassis interface and the attachment interface to one another.

Abstract: An agricultural implement system that may utilize a central press wheel inflation system to provide variable pressure to press wheels within multiple row units distributed across a width of the agricultural implement system. The agricultural implement system may automatically modify a shape or contact area of the press wheels using variations of press wheel pressure based on various sensor data and performance/behavior data of other row unit control systems. The central press wheel inflation system may provide one or more air lines coupled to the press wheels, allowing internal pressure of the press wheels to be adjusted, thus effectively creating a V-shaped or V-press-like second stage contact patch that may be beneficial in certain soil conditions.

Abstract: An agricultural system includes an agricultural implement having a plurality of ground engagement tools. Each of the plurality of ground engagement tools is configured to engage a field and is associated with a respective location on the agricultural implement. The agricultural system also includes a control system with a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a parameter value associated with slip is outside of a range of values, determine a location on the agricultural implement associated with the parameter value that is outside of the range of values, and output a signal based on the location associated with the parameter value that is outside of the range of values.

Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a main frame, a first frame member assembly coupled to the main frame, and a first plurality of discs coupled to the first frame member assembly. The agricultural implement also includes a first linkage assembly coupled to the first frame member assembly. The agricultural implement further includes a first lateral adjustment mechanism coupled to the first frame member assembly and configured to actuate the first linkage assembly to change a first lateral position of the first plurality of discs relative to at least one other plurality of discs coupled to the main frame or relative to a center line of the main frame, the center line being parallel to a direction of travel of the agricultural implement.

Abstract: A modular apparatus mounted in a vehicle that includes an image-capture device that further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a perforation to accommodate an image-sensor and a plurality of layers of strobe-lights to surround the image-sensor. The modular apparatus includes a control device to control the image-capture device and determine a plurality of time instants at which the image-sensor and the plurality of layers of strobe-lights are activated. Furthermore, the control device captures a sequence of images of a field-of-view (FOV) of a defined area of a field at the determined plurality of time instants. Thereafter, the control device detects and tracks a crop plant in the defined area and generate a bounding box around the crop plant that is tracked. Further, the control device detects a plurality of buffer values and cause an implement to perform a predefined action on the crop plant.

Abstract: An agricultural system includes an agricultural implement comprising a plurality of ground engagement tools, wherein each ground engagement tool of the plurality of ground engagement tools is configured to engage soil of a field. Additionally, the agricultural system includes a controller with a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a speed of a rotational element of the agricultural implement, determine that a difference between the speed of the rotational element and an expected speed of the rotational element of the agricultural implement is greater than a threshold, wherein the expected speed of the rotational element is associated with a no-slip operating condition of the agricultural implement, and reduce an engagement between at least one ground engagement tool of the plurality of ground engagement tools and the soil in response to the difference being greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A package 10 comprises a main body 12 for containing a seed lubricant; and a chamber 24 for retaining microorganisms in a viable state, wherein the main body 12 and the chamber 24 are separated by a disruptable dividing member 32, and further comprising a mechanism for disrupting the dividing member 32 such that the seed lubricant and the microorganisms may be blended just prior to deployment on a seed planter and wherein the main body 12, the chamber 24 and the disrupting member form an integral package suitable for providing the blend of seed lubricant and viable microorganisms to seeds in a seed planter.

Abstract: A device and method for delivering biological material and/or synthetic chemistries to a liquid medium comprising securing a capsule to an opening of a container, the capsule comprising a cap portion for securing the capsule to the container and an elongate portion comprising a cavity defined by a frangible bottom, wherein the cavity comprises live biological material therein and a plunger comprising a disrupting mechanism, suspending the elongate portion of the capsule into an interior cavity of the container, depressing the plunger, cutting or disrupting the frangible bottom of the capsule, and releasing the material into the liquid medium.

Abstract: An improved method for prescriptive seed treatment is provided. A location can be calculated where a combination of seed and one or more types and/or amounts of seed-applied substances will be planted. The combination is selected, based at least in part, on one or more conditions. The combination is generated prior to being planted. The method can further include selecting a type of seed and/or a type and/or amount of the one or more seed-applied substances to be applied. One or more applicators can apply the seed-applied substance(s) to the seed within a seed flow path during operation. A plurality of seed receptacles can contain different combinations of seed and/or seed-applied substances generated prior to being placed into the receptacles. The method could further include selecting a seed receptacle containing a selected combination, and delivering the selected combination from the selected seed receptacle to be planted by the planter.

Abstract: An automatic precise pneumatic plug tray seedling device comprises a body, a plug tray platform, a seed groove, an air pressure source, a control device, a conveyor device, a soil punching device, and a seed device. To become an automatic control of a closed loop of a pneumatic cylinder, it adjusts the input control signals through the track positioning control in the control device and the feedback signal conveyed by the conveyor device.

Abstract: Agricultural distribution machine for spreading granular materials comprising a storage container for storing the granular materials, several distribution units to which the granular materials can be supplied independently of one another and in an adjustable manner via a delivery line starting out from the storage container, where the distribution units have a plurality of distribution lines, where a device is provided along the distribution lines and is configured to discharge the granular materials, which can be delivered via the distribution lines by two distribution units and which can be introduced via several inlets of the device, via an outlet formed on the device in the direction of at least one spreading element.

Abstract: A metering system for an agricultural planter row unit includes a controller configured to iteratively perform a first set of operations, including receiving a sensor signal indicative of an agricultural product flow rate through the agricultural planter row unit, comparing the agricultural product flow rate to a target agricultural product flow rate range, returning to receiving the sensor signal indicative of the agricultural product flow rate in response to determining the agricultural product flow rate is within the target agricultural product flow rate range, comparing a fluid pressure differential between opposite sides of a metering device of the metering system to a maximum threshold fluid pressure differential in response to determining the agricultural product flow rate is outside of the target agricultural product flow rate range, and increasing the fluid pressure differential in response to determining the fluid pressure differential is less than the maximum threshold fluid pressure differential.

Abstract: A residue management system for a row unit assembly includes a coulter disc and an opener blade wherein. when the row unit assembly is travelling in a forward direction with the opener blade and coulter disc engaging ground. a resiliently biased swing arm resiliently maintains the coulter disc in a default position adjacent a curved leading edge of the opener blade. In some embodiments. at least one mower is mounted ahead of the row unit assembly to provide mulched crop residue for processing by the coulter disc. The system may also include a product redirection system and a modular opener assembly for selectively configuring the placement of agricultural product in a furrow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit for colter pressure adjustment at an agricultural spreading machine, with a first line region which is configured to be connected to a first colter pressure adjustment cylinder and to specify a hydraulic pressure to the first colter pressure adjustment cylinder, a first pressure limitation valve which is configured to limit the hydraulic pressure in the first line region to a first maximum pressure, a second line region which is configured to be connected to a second colter pressure adjustment cylinder and to specify a hydraulic pressure to the second colter pressure adjustment cylinder, and a second pressure limitation valve which is configured to limit the hydraulic pressure in the second line region to a second maximum pressure.

Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a planting unit for singulating a plurality of seeds, said planting unit comprising a seed holder, a seed discharge, at least one drive unit and a seed singulator. The seed singulator further comprises an open top, a stepped bowl configuration having a lower inner circular wall and an upper outer circular wall, and a seed singulating ledge having a seed receiving area and a seed singulation area. The seed singulating ledge is positioned between the lower inner circular wall and an upper outer circular wall, and is driven by the drive unit to rotate relative to the upper outer circular wall along a first direction to move one or more of the plurality of seeds from the seed receiving area to the seed singulation area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for reducing down-leaching of nitrate to a region below a crop's roots zone, comprising: (a) an analysis unit for repeatedly determining a concentration level of nitrate at least at a region below the crop's roots zone, and recording the nitrate concentration levels: (b) a controller configured to: (i) receive a recent record of the nitrate concentration level below the roots zone and at least one previous record of concentration level, and determine a rate of change between the recent and previous records: and (ii) based on the rate of nitrate concentration change, activating fertigation and irrigation in times and periods that minimize the down-leaching of nitrate to below the roots zone: wherein the system comprises at least one water-sample collecting sensor positioned below the crop's roots zone that transfers the sample to the analysis unit.

Abstract: A liquid applicator implement includes a boom vertically adjustable with respect to a vehicle. The boom supports a plurality of drop assemblies laterally spaced along the boom in communication with a liquid product source. A height sensor assembly is attached to at least one of the drop assemblies and generates height signals indicative of a distance between the drop assembly and a ground surface as the vehicle advances in a direction of travel. A controller is responsive to the generated height signals to actuate a boom height adjustment mechanism to adjust the height of the boom. In some embodiments, a breakaway sensor is used to determine whether at least one drop assembly has broken away from its normal substantially vertical operating orientation. In some embodiments, data processing and/or boom height control is determined upon detection of a breakaway event.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile system for harvesting and/or transporting and/or loading sugar beets, comprising an optical imaging system (70) configured to determine at least a useful portion of the sugar beets suitable for sugar production and/or to determine at least a residual portion of the sugar beets not suitable for sugar production. The invention further relates to a sugar production system with such a mobile device (51, 52, 53) and with a sugar production system which is set up to set at least one process parameter depending on the useful portion and/or residual portion determined with the optical image capture system (70).

Abstract: An agricultural system includes a first row divider and a second row divider supported by a frame member relative to a surface of a field, the first and second row dividers being movable relative to the frame member and each other. The system further includes a base cutter supported by the frame member between the first and second row dividers in a lateral direction. Additionally, the system includes a computing system configured to determine a position of the first row divider relative to the frame member and a position of the second row divider relative to the frame member based on data generated by at least one divider sensor, and control an operation of a base cutter actuator to adjust a position of the base cutter relative to the surface of the field based on the positions of the first and second row dividers relative to the frame member.

Abstract: A path generation device, a path generation method, and a program capable of improving the work efficiency of a work machine by generating an efficient path are provided. The path generation device (10) includes a processing unit (13) that generates a path for a work machine (300). The processing unit (13) divides a work area set for the work machine (300) by a plurality of straight lines having different angles relative to a reference angle. The processing unit (13) divides the work area by a straight line having an angle that minimizes the number of subdivided regions generated by dividing the work area among the plurality of straight lines for area division to generate the path.

Abstract: A control device for an autonomous lawn mower is described which receives input signals from a first and/or second hand control and determines a control signal for controlling the autonomous lawn mower. The hand controls may provide for intuitive control of the mower by a user. The control signals may be used to operate the autonomous lawn mower to perform a task such that, when later detached or otherwise decoupled, the autonomous lawn mower may perform the same or similar tasks substantially autonomously based on data (e.g., sensor signals, control signals, etc.), generated during manual operation. In some examples, the control signals may be determined to aid a user in maintaining a straight mow, proximity to a desired pattern for mowing, and/or be otherwise altered based on the presence of a user.

Abstract: An agricultural apparatus comprises a propulsion unit and an implement connected to the propulsion unit. The implement comprises: (i) a main frame having a main frame weight, (ii) an operational unit; (iii) a unit support apparatus configured to interconnect the operational unit to the main frame; (iv) a height adjustment apparatus comprising a terrain contact element, the height adjustment apparatus connected to the unit support apparatus. The terrain contact element is operable to be positioned to contact the terrain surface level at a contact region such that the at least one terrain contact element supports the unit support apparatus at a vertical separation distance above the terrain surface. The height adjustment apparatus is operable to adjust the vertical separation distance of the unit support apparatus above the terrain surface and thereby adjust a vertical separation distance of the operational unit above the terrain surface.

Abstract: A mower mounted to a travel machine body includes a mower deck that is open downward and at least one rotary cutter located inside the mower deck and configured to rotate about a vertical axis, the at least one rotary cutter being a string-like resin member.

Abstract: The invention provides a garden tool, which comprises a traveling assembly, a travel-driven assembly and a control assembly. The traveling assembly comprises front wheel and rear wheel. The travel-driven assembly comprises a front-drive mechanism for driving the front wheel and a rear-drive mechanism for driving the rear wheels. The control assembly controls the work of the front-drive mechanism and the rear-drive mechanism, so as to enable the front wheel and the rear wheel to respectively move forward or backward. Compared with the prior art, the garden tool drives the front wheels and the rear wheels to move forward or backward respectively through the front-drive mechanism and the rear-drive mechanism, and thus not only the garden tool automatically walks backward, but also the traveling assembly can be ensured to obtain sufficient power, thereby the garden tool is prevented from slipping when climbing and retreating.

Abstract: A rear-moving power tool includes a walking assembly including walking wheels; and a motor configured to drive the walking assembly. The rear-moving power tool has a self-propelled mode, where the self-propelled mode includes a first self-propelled state and a second self-propelled state; and in the second self-propelled state, the motor is capable of rotating at at least one constant rotational speed set according to a parameter of the rear-moving power tool during walking in the first self-propelled state.

Abstract: A cutter blade of a lawn mower includes an attachment portion, a first arm portion, and a second arm portion. The first arm portion includes a first blade portion. The second arm portion includes a second blade portion. In a horizontal placement state in which the cutter blade is placed in a manner so that a rotation center line of the cutter blade extends along a vertical direction, a position of a first portion of the first blade portion in the vertical direction and a position of a second portion of the second blade portion in the vertical direction are different from each other. A distance from the rotation center line to the first portion and a distance from the rotation center line to the second portion are equal to each other.

Abstract: A cutter blade of a lawn mower is rotated by a rotary shaft provided in a lawn mower. The cutter blade includes an attachment portion attached to the rotary shaft, and a first arm portion and a second arm portion each extending from the attachment portion in a radially outward direction. A wing portion is provided only on the first arm portion among the first arm portion and the second arm portion, the wing portion being inclined upward, toward a reverse rotation direction opposite to a blade rotation direction which is a rotation direction of the cutter blade.

Abstract: A joint blade for mowing includes: a rotating plate connected to a rotating power shaft to rotate; a cover plate coupled to the top of the rotating plate to overlap and having an insertion hole formed at the center so that the power shaft is inserted into the insertion hole; and a plurality of rotary blades coupled at the edge of the cover plate at regular intervals to be rotatable. The cover plate includes: a plate spring provided on one side of the cover plate adjacent to the rotary blade; and a buffer unit integrally provided with the plate spring.

Abstract: A harvester cutter 1 including a rotating cutter 10, the rotating cutter 10 including a blade 20, wherein; a leading edge 21 of the blade 20 is located further up a rotational 11 axis of the rotating cutter 10 than a trailing edge 22 of the blade 20 at any radial location on a cutting portion 23 of the blade 20 relative to the rotational axis 11 of the rotating cutter 10.

Abstract: A feederhouse for an agricultural vehicle includes an assembled driveshaft having a shaft and at least one sprocket that is rotationally fixed to said shaft. A shield assembly is positioned adjacent the sprocket, wherein the shield assembly includes two components including a top component and a bottom component. The top component includes a first mating surface and a first wall. The bottom component includes a second mating surface and a second wall. When the two components are connected together by joining the first mating surface to the second mating surface, the two components form a first opening through which the shaft is positioned. A bearing component is configured to bear on both the first wall and the second wall for urging the first mating surface toward the second mating surface in order to limit the top component from separating from the bottom component.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for sensing and analyzing filling of a grain cart while receiving grain from a combine. Time-of-flight sensors may be mounted on the cart and used to provide signals indicative of distances of surfaces of accumulating grain from the sensors, and these distances may be determined by onboard processing circuitry. Other parameters such as cross-sectional areas, volumes, and locations in the cart may be determined based on the sensed signals. Open or closed loop control of cart and/or combine positioning may be provided based on the signals.

Abstract: A method for growing plants includes both a seeder and a harvester both of which include arrangements for singulating the seeds and for measuring parameters of the seeds while singulated. This can be used for seeding selected seeds and for harvesting particular plants. The system operates by correlating information from the individual seeded seeds and from the harvested seeds in respect of a particular location on the growth medium and may include information relating the growth medium at the location. The location can be determined by seeding the plants in patterns which can be detected by a reader on the harvester. The system can be used to control selection of seeds to take into account soil conditions at the plant.

Abstract: The harvesting machine includes a mobile chassis (1) having front and rear ends. At least two mutually spaced rows of grippers move along a picking path (22) which extends in a front-to-rear direction. The speed with which the rows of grippers move along the picking path (22) is closely matched to the speed at which the mobile chassis (1) travels in the forward direction (F). Two foliage deflectors (4) at the beginning of the picking path (22) are positioned on opposite sides of the selected plant (P). A foliage shield (40, 41) is mounted rearward of each foliage deflector to be interposed between the selected plant and the adjacent row of grippers and separate the grippers from the selected plant until they reach a gripping location where actuating means move the grippers towards each other to grip a selected plant. At the end of the picking path (22), the rows of grippers move along an upwardly inclined path (23) to carry the selected plant clear of the ground.

Abstract: A harvester reel for an agricultural harvester. The harvester reel includes a central rotatable shaft, and a plurality of reel tine bars extending widthwise across the reel and connected to the central rotatable shaft for rotation therewith. Each of the plurality of reel tine bars includes a biasing member for biasing the reel tine bar to rotate about its central longitudinal axis, and a plurality of tines. A cam assembly guides rotation of the plurality of reel tine bars. The cam assembly includes a primary cam for guiding rotation of the tine bars during rotation of the central rotatable shaft, and a moveable or stationary secondary cam. The moveable secondary cam pivots the tine bars about their longitudinal axes away from a cutterbar. Alternatively, a moveable diverter cooperates with the stationary secondary cam to pivot the reel tine bars about their longitudinal axes away from the cutterbar.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester has a chassis, a forward frame fixed to the chassis, and a lateral support bar movably coupled to the forward frame, with the lateral support bar being at least partially positioned within the forward frame. The agricultural harvester further includes a base cutter coupled to the lateral support bar, and a finned roller coupled to the lateral support bar such that movement of the lateral support bar moves the base cutter and the finned roller together.

Abstract: A system for detecting foreign objects within an agricultural harvester may include a feed roller assembly configured to receive and direct the flow of harvested materials along a flow path defined between a plurality of bottom rollers and a plurality of top rollers from a first end of the feed roller assembly to a second end of the feed roller assembly. The system may further include a first movement sensor configured to generate displacement data indicative of displacement of a first roller of the plurality of top rollers, a second movement sensor configured to generate displacement data indicative of displacement of a second roller of the plurality of top rollers, and a controller configured to determine when a foreign object is present within the flow of harvested materials based at least in part on the displacement data received from the first and second movement sensors.

Abstract: A feederhouse for an agricultural vehicle includes a frame including opposing side walls, openings disposed in each of the side walls, and an assembled driveshaft including a shaft and a plurality of sprockets that are rotationally fixed to the shaft. The assembled driveshaft is positioned within an interior region of the frame. At least one opening of said openings is sized such that the driveshaft can pass in a transverse direction through the at least one opening.

Abstract: A work vehicle and a method for operating a work vehicle are disclosed. The work vehicle comprises a work vehicle chassis, a lifting assembly, a bale handling implement, a sensor arrangement being positioned and configured to optically detect the bale on the ground and a position and/or a space orientation of the bale and a driver assistance system comprising a controller. The sensor arrangement is configured to optically identify a target location on the bale used for picking up the bale with the bale handling implement, the lifting assembly being controlled by the controller based on the target location while the work vehicle is approaching the bale such that the bale handling implement is positioned at the target location on the bale when picking up the bale from the ground.

Abstract: The pickup header comprises a header frame and one or more reel assemblies. Each reel assembly comprises a reel provided with a plurality of pickup tines, and further comprises a plurality of tine guides for guiding the tines at the back of the reel assembly. One or more of said tine guides comprises an upright wall portion having a concave front edge, wherein along at least the upper half of said front edge, the tine guide further comprises a ridge portion that extends laterally outward from the wall portion. The ridge portion realizes improved guidance of deformed or bent tines compared to existing designs, so that such tines are forced to move within a desired path, without interfering with adjacent tines. The one or more tine guides may be provided in the form of integrally formed pieces obtainable by injection molding or casting.

Abstract: A continuous round baler forms a cylindrically-shaped bale by spiral, coiled layers created by a conical portion of a bale-forming chamber and protruded upwardly from a cylindrical portion of the bale-forming chamber. The bale is circumferentially supported by netting applied to the bale in the cylindrical portion. A rotary feed table receives crop from the field and feeds the crop into the conical portion. The bale forming process can be interrupted if an insufficient volume of crop is collected on the rotary feed table. The netting material is provided on short rolls to facilitate loading onto the machine. A cutoff mechanism is coupled to the growth of the bale from the cylindrical portion to sever the bale at a predetermined length with end surfaces that are perpendicular to the axis of the bale. A bale density mechanism supports the distal end of the bale as the bale protrudes upwardly.

Abstract: A fill under tarp for grain and center tower skirt are disclosed. A tarp body has a plurality of tarp sections and a tarp section seam disposed between each adjoining tarp section. A yoke has a center, an inner terminal edge defining a yoke opening and an outer terminal edge. The yoke is disposed generally in the center of the tarp body and configured for strengthening the tarp body. A center tower skirt has a plurality of skirt sections with opposing section edges disposed between opposing upper and lower terminal edges. The lower terminal edges define a center tower skirt opening coincident with the yoke opening configured to receive grain for storing underneath the fill under tarp. At least one of the section edges of each center tower skirt section includes a flared and/or flap portions to prevent grain leakage.

Abstract: An air conditioning system and methods of use regulate a moisture content of an agricultural product in a grain bin. The system receives headspace air from the headspace of the grain bin, which generally has a higher moisture content than ambient air. The system further receives ambient air and mixes the headspace air and the ambient air into a ratio comprising a target moisture content. The air mixture is provided into a grain bin plenum, where it then permeates through to agricultural product, thereby regulating the moisture. The system and method can be used to bring the agricultural product to a target moisture content that is preferred when storing the agricultural product.

Abstract: A method for producing, without the help of a substrate, a plurality of rooted cuttings includes inserting at least one unrooted cutting into pockets arranged successively in a longitudinal direction of a strip element. Each pocket has an opening at a top side facing a transverse direction and a bottom side that is at least partially closed. The strip element is formed at least in part of biodegradable material having a liquid retaining capacity of at least about 100 g liquid per 100 g of biodegradable material dry weight. The strip element has first and second wall-forming members fixed to each other in a spacer area adjacent each pocket and arranged to at least partly overlap in the longitudinal direction and to not fully overlap in the transverse direction. The first wall-forming member extends past the second wall-forming member in the transverse direction at the top side of each pocket.

Abstract: A flower-binding device for binding a bunch of flowers is provided. The flower-binding device includes a strip-shaped element with a first end piece and a second end piece and has a substantially circular shape in the load-free state. The strip-shaped element includes a guide member for allowing the first and the second end piece to mutually engage with each other, a locking device for locking the guide member in a closed position of the flower-binding device, and a manipulating device for manipulating the position of the strip-shaped element with one hand of a user. A method for binding flowers is also provided.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) plant growth lighting system includes a top lighting module, a lateral lighting module and a bottom lighting module. The top lighting module is disposed on the top of a plant chamber and the plant chamber contains a plant. The lateral lighting module is disposed on one side of the plant chamber. The bottom lighting module is disposed on a bottom of the plant chamber. The controller is connected to the top lighting module, the lateral lighting module and the bottom lighting module so as to control the top lighting module, the lateral lighting module and the bottom lighting module.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for an adaptable vehicle light mount is provided. A recess created within an interior of a heat sink fin array of the vehicle light allows associated mounting hardware to be embedded within the recess. A physical offset between the vehicle light and the associated vehicle may therefore be minimized to provide a shallower mounting profile. A tube may be incorporated into the recess so as to allow one or more vehicle lights to be mounted to a single mount point on a vehicle where the tube and associated mounting hardware are incorporated and function as part of the heat reducing components of the vehicle light.

Abstract: A plant stake and display tag holder for use with a nursery container such as a pot or free-standing planter. The display tag is attached to the container and is accessible and visible to the consumer without obstruction from the container or plant contained therein. The bottom of the plant stake inserts into a slit in the rim portion of a nursery container and locks into place to hold the plant stake upright and securely in place. The display tag is held above the soil line and avoids the common problems associated with display tag holders inserted below the soil line.

Abstract: A plant support device is provided which includes a first clip portion having a tab receiver and a first projecting portion. The tab receiver may include an aperture and the first projecting portion may extend outwardly from the first clip portion. The plant support device may include a second clip portion having a tab and a second projecting portion. The tab may be configured to be received by the tab receiver of the first clip portion and the second projecting portion may extend outwardly from the second clip portion. The first clip portion and the second clip portion may be configured to provide an open position and a closed position. The closed position may be defined by the tab being disposed through the tab receiver and may provide a first holding position, a second holding position, and a third holding position, to support and allow plants to grow freely.

Abstract: Irrigation systems in agricultural contexts are described herein. Specifically, temperature data is measured using temperature sensors installed above a minimum waterline and below a maximum waterline. Water pump activity data is measured based on water flow outputs from water pumps on a field. Irrigation events are detected and managed using the temperature data and the water pump activity data. Future irrigation events can be implemented, modified, or changed based on detected irrigation events.