Patent ID: 7827775

Claim:
A harvesting header operable to harvest crop, said harvesting header comprising: a header frame; a flexible cutterbar assembly mounted to the header frame to extend lengthwise in a lateral direction relative to the normal direction of travel of the header; a plurality of laterally spaced apart support arms being attached to and cooperatively supporting the flexible cutterbar assembly, said support arms being pivotally coupled to the frame for swinging movement about a laterally extending axis so that the flexible cutterbar assembly is operable to flex along the length thereof in response to changes in terrain as the header is advanced; a draper assembly supported on the header frame behind the cutterbar assembly to flex therewith, said draper assembly including a pair of side drapers configured to receive severed crop materials from the cutterbar assembly and convey the materials laterally, said side drapers presenting opposite laterally outermost margins of the draper assembly, with an outermost one of the support arms being located adjacent each of the end margins, each of said outermost support arms being coupled to and partially supporting the cutterbar; and a pair of end crop dividers, each extending along the length of and being mounted on a respective one of the outermost support arms so that the divider swings with the respective outermost support arm as the flexible cutterbar assembly flexes.