Patent ID: 6305894
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G05G

Abstract:
A hay bale carrier, comprising,a horizontal U-shaped frame having two parallel spaced arms with forward and rearward ends,a horizontal cross beam connected to the forward ends of the arms,a ground wheel connected to the rearward ends of each of the arms,a forwardly extending hollow tongue having forward and rearward ends and being rigidly connected by its rearward end to the cross beam,a telescopic tongue member slidably mounted in the tongue and having forward and rearward ends with the forward end protruding from the forward end of the tongue,a hitch on the forward end of the tongue member,a substantially vertical post structure having upper and lower ends pivotally secured by the lower end to the cross beam and adapted to pivot in a vertical plane passing through the tongue and the tongue member,at least one bale penetrating bar secured to the post structure and extending rearwardly therefrom,a first pulley on the upper end of the post structure,a second pulley on the forward end of the tongue,a third pulley on the cross beam,an elongated cable having one end secured to the rearward end of the tongue member within the tongue, and thence being threadable around the third, second and first pulleys with a second end being secured to the tongue, whereby the movement of the tongue member outwardly from the tongue will cause the post structure to pivot forwardly from a substantially vertical position to a forwardly inclined position to simultaneously lift the bale penetrating bar from a substantially horizontal position to a rearwardly extending inclined position so as to elevate a bale penetrated by the penetrating bar.