Patent ID: 8585342
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A hay bale stacker apparatus including a trailer having a chassis and a hay storage platform, a hay bale clamping assembly positioned at a longitudinal edge of the platform, the hay bale clamping assembly being pivotally coupled to the platform to selectively move between a horizontal hay bale gathering clamping position and a vertical hay bale unloading position, characterized in that the hay bale clamping assembly is offset with respect to the platform, and the hay bale clamping assembly includes a first clamping member and a second clamping member substantially parallel to one another, said clamping members being substantially perpendicular to a ground surface in a hay bale gathering position, wherein, when the hay bale clamping assembly is in the vertical hay bale unloading position, the first clamping member is located above the second clamping member and is pivotally rotatable with respect to the second clamping member so that rotation of the first clamping member moves the hay bale off the second hay bale clamping member onto the adjacent platform, and wherein the first and second clamping members are substantially planar.