Agricultural equipment carrier
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsPinakin Desai, Kevin David Monk, Stephen Michael Faivre, Nathan Taylor, David W. Larson
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Abstract
An agricultural system includes a carrier configured to transport an agricultural cart to a position proximate to or within an agricultural field. The carrier includes a rotatable base and is configured to receive the agricultural cart on the rotatable base in a docking position. The carrier is configured to move the agricultural cart from the docking position to an unloading position to unload agricultural product from within the agricultural cart to a storage bin via rotation of the rotatable base.
Claims19
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a carrier configured to transport an agricultural cart to a position proximate to or within an agricultural field, wherein the carrier comprises a rotatable base and is configured to receive the agricultural cart on the rotatable base in a docking position, and to move the agricultural cart from the docking position to an unloading position to unload agricultural product from within the agricultural cart to a storage bin via rotation of the rotatable base;
- wherein the carrier comprises a lower level and an upper level, the upper level is above the lower level with respect to an agricultural field, and each level is configured to transport the agricultural cart.
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a carrier configured to transport an agricultural cart to an agricultural field or proximate to the agricultural field, wherein the carrier comprises a lower level, an upper level, a first longitudinal side, and a second longitudinal side, opposite the first longitudinal side, a first ramp is positioned on the first longitudinal side and configured to enable the agricultural cart to move from the agricultural field to the upper level, and a second ramp, different from the first ramp, is positioned on the second longitudinal side and configured to enable the agricultural cart to move from the upper level to the agricultural field.
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a carrier configured to transport an agricultural cart to a position proximate to or within an agricultural field;
- and
- a carrier controller comprising a processor and a memory and configured to control operations of the carrier, wherein the carrier controller is configured to:
- receive at least one of a first signal indicative of a position of the agricultural cart and a second signal indicative of the agricultural cart in a docking position on the carrier;
- and
- send a third signal indicative of instructions to unload agricultural product from the agricultural cart into a storage bin while the position of the agricultural cart is within a threshold range of the docking position, the agricultural cart is in the docking position, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.