Header with trapezoidal profile
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsBenjamin David Kemmerer, Blaine Robert Noll, Herbert Max Farley
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Abstract
A header of an agricultural harvester is provided. The header includes a frame having a centerline defining a first side and a second side of the frame. A first portion of either the first side or the second side of the frame has a first trapezoidal profile that includes a first pair of legs that run along a longitudinal axis of the frame and a first pair of bases that form a height of the frame. The first pair of legs include a first top leg and a first bottom leg, and the first bottom leg is angled toward the longitudinal axis.
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-15. (canceled)
A header of an agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a frame having a centerline defining a first side and a second side of the frame,
- wherein:
- a first portion of either the first side or the second side of the frame has a first trapezoidal profile comprising a first pair of legs that run along a longitudinal axis of the frame and a first pair of bases that form a height of the frame,
- the first pair of legs comprise a first top leg and a first bottom leg, and
- the first bottom leg is angled toward the longitudinal axis.
A header of an agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a frame having a centerline defining a first side and a second side of the frame,
- wherein:
- a first portion of the first side of the frame has a first trapezoidal profile comprising a first pair of legs that run along a longitudinal axis of the frame and a first pair of bases that form a height of the frame,
- the first pair of legs comprise a first top leg and a first bottom leg,
- the first bottom leg is angled toward the longitudinal axis,
- a second portion of the second side of the frame has a second trapezoidal profile comprising a second pair of legs that run along a longitudinal axis of the frame and a second pair of bases that form the height of the frame,
- the second pair of legs comprise a second top leg and a second bottom leg, and
- the second bottom leg is angled toward the longitudinal axis.
An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a header, comprising:
- a frame having a centerline defining a first side and a second side of the frame,
- wherein:
- a first portion of either the first side or the second side of the frame has a first trapezoidal profile comprising a first pair of legs that run along a longitudinal axis of the frame and a first pair of bases that form a height of the frame,
- the first pair of legs comprise a first top leg and a first bottom leg, and
- the first bottom leg is angled toward the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.