Patent ID: 7712295

Claim:
An agricultural machine comprising a motor vehicle to which are connected several mowing units configured to cut standing plant products, at least two of these mowing units being front mowing units placed horizontally in a working position and seen in a working direction of travel in front of said motor vehicle and protruding laterally from the motor vehicle, wherein said motor vehicle can move in two opposite directions, the working direction of travel in the working position, and a transport direction of travel in a transport position, wherein said agricultural machine comprises: a single driver's cabin that can move along the length of the motor vehicle, wherein in a first position said single driver's cabin controls said agricultural machine in the working position and faces said working direction of travel at a first end of the motor vehicle and in a second position said single driver's cabin controls said agricultural machine in the transport position and faces said transport direction at a second end of the motor vehicle opposite the first end; at least one central support connected to a lifting device of the motor vehicle, wherein said at least two front mowing units are articulated on the central support by axes directed substantially in the working direction of travel and about which said at least two front mowing units are movable relative to the central support about 90° from the horizontal working position into substantially vertical positions; and said central support comprises an axis of articulation transverse to the direction of travel about which, as a unit and under power of the lifting device, said central support and said at least two vertically-positioned front mowing units move together about 90° to position the central support from a substantially horizontal position in the working position to a substantially vertical position in the transport position and to position said at least two front mowing units longitudinally and horizontally at least in part above the motor vehicle and to the rear of the driver's cabin in said transport position.