Agricultural vehicle for transporting hay bales
OwnerGary D. Parker, E. S. Robbinventors
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle for collecting and transporting hay bales includes a mobile frame having laterally spaced side members each having a plurality of bale lifting and supporting members movably mounted thereon and arranged in longitudinally spaced and laterally opposed pairs. The agricultural vehicle includes power means for moving the bale lifting and supporting members between a depending position and a bale supporting position. The agricultural vehicle may be a trailer and includes a tongue member pivotally connected to a forward end of one of the frame side members and movable between a first position with the vehicle and a prime mover in longitudinal alignment and a second position with the vehicle parallel with and laterally offset from prime mover.
Claims13
An agricultural vehicle for transporting round bales and comprising:
- a. a mobile frame for movement over the ground and having a forward end and a trailing end, said frame having longitudinally extending side members and a plurality of transverse members;
- b. longitudinally extending bale lifting and supporting members arranged in a laterally opposed pair, each bale supporting member depending from at least one of said members of said frame at a side thereof and movably mounted thereon;
- c. means on said frame and operatively connected to said bale supporting members for moving same between a depending position and an inwardly inclined bale supporting position, said bale supporting members respectively including an arm pivotally mounted to said frame at one end thereof for pivotal movement transversally of said frame, an extension engaged with the other end of said arm and adapted to increase the effective length of said arm upon movement of said arm to bale supporting position thereby lifting a bale substantially out of contact with the ground for transport;
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- d. means for connecting said frame to a prime mover for propelling said mobile frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.