Patent ID: 6564536
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A combine header attachment system for collecting crop heads that may fall to the ground and be wasted, the combine header system apparatus comprising:a plurality of brace members each being adapted or coupling to a header of a combine; a plurality of channel members each being couplable to an associated one of said brace members; a each of said channel members having a hook portion, said hook portion of each channel members extending from a free end of an associated one of said channel members for inhibiting the crop heads from falling off of said free end of the associated one of said channel members; and said channel member having a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall of said channel member having a pair of cutouts, each of said cutouts being positioned opposite said free end of an associated one of said channel members, each of said cutouts being adapted for permitting free movement of a cutter bar between said channel members and said brace members when said brace members are coupled to the header of the combine and said channel members are coupled to said brace members.