Patent ID: 7399153
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A big bale loader, retriever, and transporter comprising a truck having a main frame, said main frame having a right frame channel spaced from and generally parallel to a left frame channel, each said channel having a rearward open end, said channels connected to one another by a plurality of spaced frame cross members including a rearmost frame cross member, said rearmost frame cross member spaced forward away from said rearward open ends, a stack carriage bed mounting attached to said channels between said rearward open ends and spaced rearward from said rearmost frame cross member, said bed mounting having a right main pivot pin hole spaced from and coaxial to a left main pivot pin hole, a stack carriage bed main actuators frame mounting attached to said main frame, said stack carriage bed main actuators frame mounting having a right main actuator mounting plate with a right main actuator mounting ear attached to the rearward side of said right main actuator mounting plate, said right main actuator mounting plate attached to said rearmost frame cross member, a receiving tube assembly having a main receiving tube attached to said main frame spaced forward away from said rearmost frame cross member, two spacer blocks spaced from one another and each said block attached to the forward surface of said main receiving tube, an elevating and flipping receiving table assembly attached to said two spacer blocks, a mounting tube assembly adjustably and slidingly received and retained within said receiving tube assembly, a swing gate assembly pivotally connected to said mounting tube assembly, a pickup arm assembly pivotally connected to said swing gate assembly, a stack carriage bed assembly pivotally connected to said bed mounting by two bed pivot pins inserted in said main pivot pin holes, a bed actuator mounting having a bed actuator mounting ear attached to the underside of said bed assembly, and a main actuator connected between said right main actuator mounting ear and said bed actuator mounting ear.