Patent ID: 7055616

Claim:
An automatic row crop implement positioner for use on an implement having a tongue hitch pivotally mounted in a horizontal plane to a primary frame which is pivotally mounted in a vertical plane to a pivot frame, said automatic row crop implement positioner comprising: an implement positioner frame mounted to a said pivot frame; a left and right foot ball joint mounted to said implement positioner frame; a left and right elongate positioner apparatus foot each of said left and right feet having a forward and rearward end, said forward end being mounted to said left and right foot ball joint such that said left and right foot may pivot about said foot ball joint in both a horizontal and vertical plane; a means of detecting vertical movement of said left and right feet and a means of imparting vertical movement to said main pivot frame so as to move said main pivot frame in a vertical plane; and a means of detecting horizontal movement of said left and right feet and a means of imparting horizontal movement to said main pivot frame so as to move said main pivot frame in a horizontal plane.