Patent ID: 8602121

Claim:
A haymaking device having a front end and a rear end, the device comprising a frame having a main beam which extends in a longitudinal direction and defines a longitudinal centre line, and two side arms extending on both sides of the main beam, wherein the side arms each carry at least one crop processing tool, wherein the side arms are rearwardly folding in the that they are movable between a transport position, in which they extend substantially along the main beam, at a first rearwardly opening angle to the main beam, and an operative position, in which the side arms extend at a second rearwardly opening angle, larger than the first angle, from the main beam, wherein the side arms are at an inner end hingeably connected to a slide connection which is slidable there along the main beam, wherein the side arms are movable between the transport position and the operative position by a sliding movement of the slide connection along the main beam, wherein, in the transport position, the slide connection is located closer to the front end than in the operative position.