Patent ID: 7621709

Claim:
A bale positioning apparatus comprising: a bale accumulation surface; a bale push bar disposed above said bale accumulation surface; a linear path specific opening transversely disposed through said bale accumulation surface; a columnar rigid member situated through said linear path specific opening and joined to said bale push bar; a rigid structural carriage element disposed beneath said bale accumulation surface and joined to said columnar rigid member; a linear path specific hydraulic cyclical motive force application element disposed below said bale accumulation surface and joined to said rigid structural carriage element; at least two parallel rails transversely disposed below said bale accumulation surface; at least two bearings joined to said rigid structural carriage element and situated within a groove disposed on each of said at least two parallel rails transversely disposed below said bale accumulation surface; at least one bale alignment zone of said bale accumulation surface, wherein said bale alignment zone comprises a multiple in-line bale alignment zone; at least one bale alignment boundary of said bale alignment zone, wherein said bale alignment boundary comprises a bale dimension coordinated boundary length, and wherein said bale dimension coordinated boundary length comprises at least one lateral edge of multiple in-line bales, and wherein said at least one lateral edge comprises a multiple in-line bale row interlineated lateral edge; a support surface fixed and emplaced bale override alignment element situated at said at least one bale alignment boundary in between multiple rows of bales and which allows bales to override said alignment element when being pushed over said alignment element and thereafter helping to maintain said bales in alignment; and a bale override interface provided on said support surface emplaced bale override alignment element.