Rake with shiftable cross member
AssigneeH & S Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorGregory L. Landon
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Abstract
The present invention is a rake, comprising a tongue assembly and a wheel assembly operably coupled to the tongue assembly and being rotationally shiftable relative to the tongue assembly and the wheel assembly mounting a pair of rake assemblies. Each of the pair of rake assemblies is disposable in a generally horizontal disposition when the rake is in a transport disposition, the generally horizontal disposition being effected in part by the rotational shifting of the wheel assembly when transitioning between a working disposition and the transport disposition. The present invention is further a method of disposing the aforementioned rake in the transport disposition.
Claims18
A rake having a transport disposition and a working disposition, comprising:
- a tongue assembly;
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- a wheel assembly, the wheel assembly including a cross member, the cross member being shiftably, pivotally coupled to the tongue assembly and the cross member mounting a pair of rake assemblies, the wheel assembly being pivotally shiftable relative to the tongue assembly when transitioning between the transport disposition and the working disposition, the wheel assembly including at least one wheel presenting a wheel radius and that rotates about an axis of rotation, the cross member being substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and being located a distance from the axis of rotation that is greater than the wheel radius.
A rake, comprising:
- a tongue assembly;
- a wheel assembly including a cross member, the cross member being operably coupled to the tongue assembly and being rotationally shiftable relative to the tongue assembly, the wheel assembly including at least one wheel presenting a wheel radius and that rotates about an axis of rotation, the cross member being substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and being located a distance from the axis of rotation that is greater than the wheel radius;
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- a pair of rake assemblies being shiftably mounted on the wheel assembly cross member, each of the pair of rake assemblies being disposable in a generally horizontal disposition when the rake is in a transport disposition, the generally horizontal disposition being effected in part by the rotational shifting of the wheel assembly relative to the tongue assembly when transitioning from a working disposition to the transport disposition.
A method of disposing a rake in a transport disposition, the method including rotationally shifting a wheel assembly cross member relative to a tongue assembly, said shifting acting in part to dispose each of a pair of rake assemblies in a generally horizontal disposition in the transport disposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.