Patent ID: 8087866
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A01B,A01D,B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A hay bale suspension system for non-pivotal connection to a vehicle, the hay bale suspension system comprising a connector assembly and a hay bale support assembly, wherein: the connector assembly comprises a receiver hitch, a vertical post, a connector shaft, and a hitch bar; the receiver hitch non-pivotally secures at one end to a complementary receiver hitch of the vehicle and is non-pivotally secured at another end to the vertical post; one of the receiver hitch and the complementary receiver hitch inserts into the other of the receiver hitch and the complementary receiver hitch so that the receiver hitch does not pivot relative to the complementary receiver hitch when secured thereto; the vertical post is non-pivotally secured at a lower end to the connector shaft; the hitch bar is perpendicularly and non-pivotally secured to the connector shaft and comprises two pins extending from two ends of the hitch bar; the hay bale support assembly comprises a hay support system, a pulley system, and two connecting arms; the pulley system comprises a plurality of pulleys, a winch, and a cable; one of the pulleys is secured to an upper end of the vertical post of the connector assembly and another of the pulleys is secured to the hay support system; and the connecting arms connect the hay support system and the pins of the hitch bar such that the hay support system is non-pivotally secured to the vehicle via the connector assembly.