Patent ID: 8448957

Claim:
Sulky apparatus for use behind a self-propelled operator controlled machine having controls comprising operator riding means for supporting an operator behind the self-propelled machine, a control column having an upper end portion and a lower end portion adapted to be located with the upper end portion in the vicinity of the controls of the self-propelled machine with at least a portion of the control column being hollow, a deployment boom attached to the operator riding means for deploying the operator riding means to an operational position and for retracting the operator riding means to a stored position, the deployment boom having an inner end portion and an outer end portion and wherein the operator riding means is connected to the outer end portion of the deployment boom and the inner end portion of the deployment boom is pivotally connected to the lower end portion of the control column, and control means having at least a portion thereof located within the hollow portion of the control column for controlling the operation of the deployment boom associated with the control column.