Patent ID: 8292328

Claim:
An agricultural header assembly to be carried across a field by an implement in a normal operational direction and being removable from the implement for transport, said header assembly comprising: a header operable to cut and convey crop as the header assembly is moved across the field, said header including: a header frame including a rigid beam extending laterally relative to the normal operational direction, said header presenting a header center of gravity and a vertical plane that intersects the header center of gravity and extends laterally along the header, said header being in a transport orientation when the rigid beam is out of vertical alignment with the vertical plane; and a transport assembly operable to support the header in the transport orientation when the header assembly is removed from the implement, with at least substantially all of the support provided by the transport assembly being through the rigid beam, said transport assembly including: a first pair of spaced apart wheels shiftably connected to the rigid beam for movement between a transport position and a field position, with each of the wheels being connected to the rigid beam at a connection location entirely on one side of the vertical plane when the header is in the transport orientation, said first pair of wheels defining a first midpoint therebetween when in the transport position, said first midpoint being disposed in general vertical alignment with the vertical plane when the header is in the transport orientation to substantially balance the header on the transport assembly.