Patent ID: 9603297
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A01B,G05D

Claim:
1. A remote steering control with row finder apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a remote tractor for pulling a towed vehicle in a forward motion; the remote tractor including a steering mechanism and the remote tractor including a row finder apparatus, the row finder apparatus having a guide arm; the guide arm having an arm extension, with a pivot tab proximate to a pivot block on the arm extension, the pivot block hingeable about the arm extension at a block hinge; a pivot switch mounted to the arm extension of the guide arm, the pivot switch activated by the rotation of the pivot tab from the pivot switch on the pivoting of the pivot block about the guide hinge; a control signal generated by the pivot switch when the pivot switch is activated; a remote console receivable onto the towed vehicle, the remote console for controlling the steering mechanism of the remote tractor, to guide a direction of travel of the remote tractor, and the remote console for adjusting an extension length of the arm extension; and the pivot switch electrically connects to the remote console, and the remote console controls the steering mechanism of the remote tractor with the control signal received from the pivot switch.