Patent ID: 7510132

Claim:
A linear water feed apparatus for use in agricultural irrigation comprising: a linear-move machine including a mobile truss assembly supporting a plurality of individual sprinklers and adapted for movement in a specified direction across a field to be irrigated, the truss assembly oriented transverse to the specified direction; a supply pipe arranged in said specified direction along or within the field to be irrigated, said supply pipe mounting a plurality of water supply hydrants at spaced locations along said pipe, each of said hydrants enclosing a water supply valve; and a fixed side beam mounted on one end of said truss assembly closest to said supply pipe extending substantially parallel to said supply pipe; a telescoping arm mounted on said fixed side beam for movement in two opposite and parallel directions relative to said fixed side beam; a docking station including a support frame mounted on said telescoping arm for movement along said telescoping arm in said two opposite directions; said docking station resiliently suspended from said supporting frame for linear, transverse and compound movements.