Patent ID: 9072213
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A01B,B23K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An agricultural implement frame comprising: a first frame tube; a second frame tube; the first and second frame tubes having side walls connected at tube corners by upper and lower walls; a weldable connector having a first receiving area opening towards the first frame tube and conforming to the shape of the first frame tube, the connector including a second receiving area opening towards the second frame tube conforming to the shape of the second frame tube; a first weld structure connecting at least one of the walls of the first frame tube to the connector adjacent the first receiving area; a second weld structure connecting a central portion of the side walls of the second frame tube to the connector adjacent the second receiving area; wherein the first frame tube and the second frame tube lie generally in the same plane, and the weldable connector is secured to an end of the second frame tube by the second weld structure at locations excluding corners of the second frame tube and locates the end relative to the first frame tube; and wherein the first weld structure is centrally located between the tube corners of said first frame tube and offset from the tube corners of said first frame tube.