Patent ID: 7055618

Claim:
In a hydraulically-driven agricultural implement with a tongue adapted to be pivotably attached to the drawbar of a tractor, the tractor having a PTO shaft with a longitudinal horizontal axis extending along a line generally parallel to the direction of travel of the tractor, the improvement comprising: an hydraulic pump with an input shaft, said pump affixed to an upper pivot plate that is, in turn, rotatably affixed to the tongue at a first location by a support pivot pin having a generally vertical axis; a horizontal tongue pivot plate rigidly affixed to the tongue arid extending forwardly therefrom, said tongue pivot plate rotatably affixed at a second location to the drawbar by a tongue pivot pin having a generally vertical axis, the generally vertical axes of said support pivot pin and said tongue pivot pin being vertically axially aligned; said tongue pivot plate adapted to he affixed at a third location to the drawbar by an alignment pin having a vertical axis, said alignment pin fixing the parallel relationship between said pump input shaft arid the PTO shaft; and a PTO assembly interconnecting said pump input shaft and the PTO shaft.