Patent ID: 9258989
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A01M,B60P,E04C

Claim Text:
1. A pair of boom assemblies mounted on a mobile agricultural implement, each of the pair of boom assemblies having a boom structure, wherein the boom structure comprises: a first transversely extending beam member comprising a first protrusion; a second transversely extending beam member comprising a second protrusion, the second transversely extending beam member spatially offset from the first transversely extending beam member; a plurality of first coupling members each forming a first connection to the first protrusion; a plurality of second coupling members each forming a second connection to the second protrusion; a plurality of connecting members each forming a third connection to respective first and second coupling members to join together the first and second transversely extending beam members; wherein the extending beam members, the coupling members and the connecting members are made of a composite or carbon fiber; and wherein the first and second coupling members each comprises a first portion comprising a first portion protrusion and a first groove and a second portion comprising a second portion protrusion and a second groove, wherein the first portion and second portion protrusions are facingly engaged, and the first and second grooves receive one of the first and second protrusions.