Patent ID: 6966388

Claim:
In a combination of a towed agricultural implement having a horizontal centerline and a forwardly extending draft tongue, and a hitch for connecting the implement tongue to a vehicle for towing the implement in a direction of travel, the vehicle for towing having a longitudinal centerline, the improvement comprising: a first rigid generally planar and vertical plate having length, height and thickness dimensions, said length and height dimensions generally perpendicular to the direction of travel, said first plate having a first side in the direction of travel and an opposing second side, said first and second sides sharing said length and height dimensions; a first pair of rigid generally planar and vertical spaced-apart plates affixed to said first side of said first plate and extending generally perpendicularly therefrom in the direction of travel, each of said spaced-apart plates making up said first pair of plates has a plurality of vertically aligned holes therethrough for vertically adjustably attaching the hitch to the towing vehicle; a second pair of rigid generally planar and vertical spaced-apart plates affixed to said second side of said first plate and extending generally perpendicularly therefrom in a direction opposite the direction of travel, each of said spaced-apart plates making up said second pair of plates has a plurality of vertically aligned holes therethrough for vertically adjustably attaching the hitch to the implement; and said first pair of plates and said second pair of plates being offset one from the other along said length dimension of said first plate such that the centerline of the implement does not align with the longitudinal centerline of a towing vehicle, whereby the towing vehicle may follow previous crop rows with the implement being slightly offset of the previous crop rows.