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US 4,549,743 AGranted
Hay bale carrier
OwnerDale H. Shimoninventor
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A hay bale carrier of simplified construction, and increased efficiency and convenience of use, is disclosed. A wheeled axle carries a rod framework which defines a planar support surface for a hay bale. A transverse frame rod parallel to the wheel axle and disposed near the planar surface engages beneath two outside bale wires while a center bale wire is stretched into engagement with a retaining element on the framework near the center thereof. In instances where the two outer bale wires are sufficiently loose, they are stretched into engagement with two other retaining elements of the framework to assure stable attachment of the carrier to the bale. The carrier is applied to the bale while inverted, following which the bale and carrier are righted. The bale wires are manipulated and the bale with the attached carrier is propelled by a conventional bale hook.
A carrier for a hay bale or the like comprising a wheeled axle member, a framework secured to the axle member and including at least a pair of frame members spaced above the axle member and defining an abutment plane for the carrier with a surface of a bale and a transverse attaching member spaced above and rearwardly of the axle member and substantially parallel therewith and near said abutment plane, bale wire retainer means on the carrier near the forward end thereof and away from the attaching member and somewhat below said plane and above said axle member, and said attaching member including two bale wire engaging end portions projecting laterally outwardly of said pair of frame members.
A carrier for a hay bale comprising a wheeled frame including an axle member and elevated frame members spaced above the axle member, pairs of forward and rear inclined braces uniting the axle member with the elevated frame members, the elevated frame members comprising a pair of forwardly convergent frame members and occupying substantially a common plane, whereby they can substantially abut a flat surface of a bale, a transverse attaching member spaced above and rearwardly of and substantially parallel to the axle member and being united to said convergent frame members and said rear braces, and retainer elements on the carrier at its forward and rear ends including a pair of such elements in laterally spaced relationship near said common plane and extending outwardly of the elevated frame members, said pair of retainer elements comprising end terminals of the transverse attaching member which project laterally outwardly of the forwardly convergent frame members, and at least one such retainer element near the center of the carrier and somewhat below the elevation of said common plane.
A carrier for a hay bale comprising a wheeled frame including an axle member and elevated frame members spaced above the axle member, pairs of forward and rear inclined braces uniting the axle member with the elevated frame members, the elevated frame members comprising a pair of forwardly convergent frame members and occupying substantially a common plane, whereby they can substantially abut a flat surface of a bale, and retainer elements on the carrier at its forward and rear ends including a pair of such elements in laterally spaced relationship near said common plane and extending outwardly of the elevated frame members, said pair of retainer elements comprising rear end terminals of the forwardly convergent frame members which project angularly rearwardly away from the common plane and laterally outwardly at an angle to the common plane, and at least one such retainer element near the center of the carrier and somewhat below the elevation of said common plane.
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