Patent ID: 7350738

Claim:
A sod unrolling machine, comprising: a frame means adapted to be secured to the rear end of a vehicle having a vertically movable hitch; said frame means including first and second, horizontally spaced-apart frame members extending rearwardly therefrom; each of said first and second frame members having a rearward end; a sod roll support rotatably secured to said rearward ends of said first and second frame members and extending therebetween for supporting a sod roll thereon; a sod roll brake movably secured to said frame means which is movable between first and second positions; said sod roll brake being out of engagement with the sod roll, when in its said first position, to permit the sod to unroll from the sod roll; said sod roll brake engaging the sod roll, when in its said second position, to prevent the sod from unrolling from the sod roll.