Transport wing attachment
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsBrian J. Anderson, Patrick Dinnon, Marvin A. Prickel, Michael J. Connors
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Abstract
An agricultural planter has a chassis with at least one wing section, which is operable to rotate forward about a vertical hinge to a transport configuration and to rotate outward about the vertical hinge to a working configuration. The agricultural planter has a telescoping hitch assembly made of an inner hitch bar and an outer hitch bar in a sliding relationship. A horsehead is attached to the at least one wing section and configured in such a way as to support the at least one wing section when in the transport configuration by resting upon the top of the outer hitch bar of the telescoping hitch assembly.
Claims16
An agricultural planter, comprising:
- a chassis having at least one wing section, said at least one wing section being operable to rotate forward about a vertical hinge to a transport configuration and to rotate outward about said vertical hinge to a working configuration;
- a telescoping hitch assembly including an inner hitch bar and an outer hitch bar;
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- a horsehead attached to said at least one wing section and configured to support said at least one wing section when said at least one wing section is in said transport configuration by resting upon the top of said outer hitch bar of said telescoping hitch assembly, said horsehead having a hook portion that at least partially wraps around the side of said outer hitch bar opposite from said at least one wing section when said at least one wing section is in said transport configuration in order to retain said at least one wing section in said transport configuration.
A method of providing an agricultural planter reconfigurable between a working configuration and a transport configuration, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a chassis having at least one wing section, said at least one wing section being operable to rotate forward about a vertical hinge to the transport configuration and to rotate outward about said vertical hinge to the working configuration;
- providing a telescoping hitch assembly including an inner hitch bar and an outer hitch bar;
- and
- providing a horsehead attached to said at least one wing section and configured to support said at least one wing section when said at least one wing section is in the transport configuration by resting upon the top of said outer hitch bar of said telescoping hitch assembly, said horsehead having a hook portion that at least partially wraps around the side of said outer hitch bar opposite from said at least one wing section when said at least one wing section is in said transport configuration in order to retain said at least one wing section in said transport configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.