Patent ID: 6390752
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A transport apparatus to load and to transport at least one bail of hay, resting on a ground position, comprising:(a) a goose-neck assembly, said goose-neck assembly attachable to a towing vehicle; and (b) a trailer attached to said goose-neck assembly, said trailer having a pair of wheels connected by an axle positioned to support said trailer, said pair of wheels oriented in a first direction, said trailer also having at least one prong that pivots around a prong axle, said prong axle attached to a first portion of said trailer, said at least one prong is bent, so that when said at least one prong is rotated toward said ground position a sufficient amount, said at least one prong is adapted to move said at least one bail of hay from said ground position to said trailer, said trailer also having a support wheel positioned proximate to said first portion to support said trailer while said at least one prong is moving said at least one bail of hay from said ground position to said trailer, said support wheel able to be selectively raised to a raised position in which said support wheel is lifted off of a second ground position and lowered to a lowered position in which said support wheel is in contact with said second ground position, said support wheel being in a fixed orientation such that said support wheel is oriented in said first direction when said support wheel is lowered to said lowered position.