Patent ID: 9648803
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A top cover for a shroud assembly on an agricultural mower, the mower having a frame supporting a transversely oriented cutterbar assembly, a frame-supported shroud partially surrounding the cutterbar assembly, and a draft tongue connected to the frame and disposed above the shroud, said top cover comprising: a first cover portion hingedly connected to the shroud along a first hinge axis, said first cover portion defining a first reference plane and including a first surface contoured bottom surface; a second cover portion hingedly connected to said first cover portion along a second hinge axis generally parallel to and spaced apart from said first hinge axis, said second cover portion defining a second reference plane and including a second surface contoured bottom surface, said second hinge axis being offset from said first and said second reference planes in an offset direction; a first stop surface on said first cover portion adjacent to said second hinge axis; and a second stop surface on said second cover portion adjacent to said second hinge axis, wherein said first stop surface and said second stop surface are positioned in adjacent contact to inhibit folding of said first cover portion and said second cover portion in a direction opposite of said offset direction and allow folding of said first cover portion and said second cover portion in said offset direction, and wherein in a folded position (i) the first surface contoured bottom surface of the first cover portion at least partially receives one or more portions of the second surface contoured bottom surface, and (ii) the second surface contoured bottom surface of the second cover portion at least partially receives one or more portions of the first surface contoured bottom surface.