Patent ID: 11856892
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A farm tractor three-point hitch attachment for handling round hay bales, comprising:
a support structure including first, second and third coupling features positioned in a triangular formation to attach to a three-point hitch of a farm tractor;
a first arm having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of said first arm is pivotably connected to said support structure proximate a first end of said support structure;
a second arm having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of said second arm is pivotably connected to said support structure proximate said first end of said support structure, and wherein the pivotable connection between said first end of said second arm and said support structure is spaced from the pivotable connection between said first end of said first arm and said support structure;
a spacing link pivotably connected to said first arm proximate said second end of said first arm, said spacing link also being pivotably connected to said second arm proximate said second end of said second arm, wherein the pivotable connection between said second end of said second arm and said spacing link is spaced from the pivotable connection between said second end of said first arm and said spacing link;
a hay bale spear attached to said spacing link;
a panel rigidly affixed proximate a middle section of said hay bale spear, such that a pointed end of said hay bale spear extends perpendicularly away from a first side of said panel, and a shaft end of said hay bale spear extends perpendicularly away from a second side of said panel; and
a tube attached to said spacing link, and wherein said shaft end of said hay bale spear is coupled within said tube.