Patent ID: 6540464
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A01D,B60P

Abstract:
An apparatus for use with a transport vehicle to load, transfer, and unload bales of hay or straw and the like, the vehicle including a vehicle support frame, the apparatus comprising:a tilting frame hingedly supported by the vehicle support frame for movement through approximately 90Â° between a horizontal and a vertical position about a first pivot axis on said vehicle support frame at right angles horizontal to a second pivot axis; a loader hingedly attached to and supported by the tilting frame for movement through approximately 180 degrees between a position on the tilting frame to a horizontal extended position outwardly therefrom; and gripping means on said loader for gripping a group of bales in the extended position; whereby the loader grips a group of bales in the extended position and pivots them from the ground approximately 180 degrees up and onto the tilting frame in a horizontal position, which then tilts the group about said first pivot axis on said tilting frame.