Patent ID: 11877545
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An irrigation tower stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing a mobile irrigation tower of a pivot irrigation system, the irrigation tower including a base member and two side members and having wheels including at least one powered wheel rotatably mounted near opposite ends of the base member, the irrigation tower stabilizing apparatus comprising:
a base member extension member fixed to and extending laterally from each opposite end of the base member of the irrigation tower, each base member extension member having a proximal end that is attached to the irrigation tower base member and a distal end, a strut connecting between a location on each side member of the irrigation tower at a location spaced away from the base member and also connected to each of the base member extension members at a location that is spaced away from the proximal end of each of the base member extension member, an outrigger arm pivotably connected to each of the distal ends of the base member extension members and arranged to be positioned in at least a parallel fashion with the frame of the irrigation tower, each outrigger arm having a proximal end and a distal end, each outrigger arm being able to pivot between first, retracted, storage position and a second extended, operating position, a pad fixed to each distal end of each outrigger arm, a first plate fixed to the distal end of each base member extension member, each first plate presenting at least one locking hole, a second plate fixed to the proximal end of each outrigger arm, each second plate presenting a plurality of locking holes, such that by arranging a pin though aligned corresponding one of the locking holes of each second plate and the at least one hole of each first plate, each of the outrigger arms are able to be secured in either the first retracted or the second extended position.