Patent ID: 7584595

Claim:
A rake apparatus configured to be pulled in a forward direction, comprising: a tongue assembly including a hitch; first and second front rake arm positioners each pivotally connected to a forward portion of the tongue assembly proximate to the hitch via first pivot points; first and second rear rake arm positioners pivotally connected to a rear portion of the tongue assembly farther from the hitch than the forward portion of the tongue assembly via second pivot points; and first and second rake arm assemblies each including a rake arm assembly front end and a rake arm assembly back end, each rake arm assembly being pivotally connected to one of the front rake arm positioners and one of the rear rake arm positioners such that distances between each of the rake arm assembly front ends and the tongue assembly are greater when the front and rear rake arm assemblies are in an operating position than when the rake arm assemblies are in a traveling position and such that the rake arm assembly back end of each of the first and second rake arm assemblies is positioned farther in the forward direction when the rake arm assemblies are in the operating position than when the rake arm assemblies are in the traveling position, wherein the first and second rear rake arm positioners are at least partially disposed rearward of the second pivot points while the rake arm assemblies are in the traveling position.