Patent ID: 8250840

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: (a) an agricultural implement having a longitudinal axis; (b) a main frame; (c) a sub-frame operatively, pivotally attached to the main frame; (d) a header having an operating position, a work operatively attached to the header and having an inner end nearest the longitudinal axis of the agricultural implement and an outer end farthest from the longitudinal axis of the agricultural implement; (e) an arm, operatively, pivotally attached to the sub-frame on a substantially vertical axis, said vertical axis being fixed with respect to the subframe ( 10 ); and (f) a support structure, operatively attached to the arm and to which the work tool is operatively, rigidly attached only near the outer end of the work tool, the inner end of the work tool being a free end wherein the support structure supports the work tool in a cantilevered manner.