Patent ID: 7617662

Claim:
In combination with a crop processing implement including a main frame supported on ground wheels and a crop windrow pick-up coupled to the main frame for pivoting vertically and having tines supported for sweeping a path that carries them into engagement with a crop windrow for elevating the windrow into the implement for further processing, a crop control arrangement including a transverse baffle arrangement including a baffle located ahead of said path for engaging the top of a windrow being picked up, a suspension arrangement coupled between said baffle and said frame for maintaining said baffle at a minimum clearance from said path while permitting said baffle to move up and down in response to variations in thickness of said windrow, the improvement comprising: said suspension arrangement including a lift linkage arrangement coupled between said frame and said pick-up and being constructed for sensing changes in position of said pick-up and providing an input to a remaining portion of said suspension arrangement so as to cause said baffle to move upwardly and forwardly relative to said path in response to increasing elevation of said pick-up.