Richard K Brunelle

US Patent:

20070056755, Mar 15, 2007

Filed:

Sep 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/226632

Inventors:

Nicholas Pederson - Hill City MN, US
William Wake - Deer River MN, US
Jacob Gust - Fargo ND, US
Richard Brunelle - Fargo ND, US
Patrick Fisher - Bismark ND, US

International Classification:

A01B 49/00

US Classification:

172311000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for use with an agricultural implement assembly that includes a support frame, a wing frame and a cylinder assembly that includes a cylinder and a rod, each of the support frame, wing frame, cylinder and rod being an assembly component, the rod moving relative to the cylinder between an unlatched position and a latched position as the support and wing frames move from an operating position toward a transport position, the apparatus comprising a first coupler supported by one of the assembly components and moving along a pathway as the wing frame moves from the operating position toward the transport position, a second coupler supported at least in part within the pathway by at least another of the assembly components, the second coupler operable to couple with the first coupler when the rod is in the latched position and a latch inhibiting member that is manually moveable between a latch inhibiting position and a latch enabling position, when in the inhibiting position, the inhibiting member inhibiting coupling between the first and second couplers so that rod movement with respect to the cylinder along the pathway is unrestricted by the couplers.