Patent ID: 8534373

Claim:
A mounting and deployment system for a combination of field conditioning implements comprising: (a) a mounting structure adapted to carry and selectively and controllably deploy one or more field-conditioning implements; (b) a pneumatic actuating arrangement for selectively applying a deploying down force and retracting lift force to an implement for engaging and conditioning soil; and (c) wherein said pneumatic actuating arrangement further comprises a down force pneumatic operator and a lift force pneumatic operator both of which are connected to pivot a common pair of spaced pivot lever arms that operate in a generally vertical plane and are connected to a transverse support member that, in turn, connects a pair of spaced support arm assemblies adapted to be attached to ends of a rolling basket tillage implement, said support arm assemblies also being journaled at a pivot point to pivot from a mounting structure member such that the pivoting of the spaced pivot lever arms raises and lowers the transverse support member which causes the support arm assemblies to pivot thereby deploying and retracting an attached rolling basket.