Sod unrolling machine
OwnerWayne F. Himmelberginventor
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Abstract
A sod unrolling machine including a frame which is adapted to be secured to the rear end of a vehicle having a vertically movable hitch. The frame includes first and second horizontally spaced-apart and rearwardly extending frame members with each of the first and second frame members having a rearward end. A sod roll support is rotatably secured to the rearward ends of the first and second frame members and extends therebetween for supporting a sod roll thereon. A sod roll brake is movably secured to the frame and is movable between first and second positions. When the sod brake is in its first position, the brake is not in engagement with the sod roll. When the sod roll brake is in its second position, the sod roll brake engages the sod roll, to prevent the sod from unrolling from the sod roll.
Claims12
A sod unrolling machine, comprising:
- a frame means adapted to be secured to the rear end of a vehicle having a vertically movable hitch;
- said frame means including first and second, horizontally spaced-apart frame members extending rearwardly therefrom;
- each of said first and second frame members having a rearward end;
- a sod roll support rotatably secured to said rearward ends of said first and second frame members and extending therebetween for supporting a sod roll thereon;
- a sod roll brake movably secured to said frame means which is movable between first and second positions;
- said sod roll brake being out of engagement with the sod roll, when in its said first position, to permit the sod to unroll from the sod roll;
- said sod roll brake engaging the sod roll, when in its said second position, to prevent the sod from unrolling from the sod roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.