US 12,284,932 B2
Front-folding toolbar
Ryan J. Hammes, Seneca, KS (US); David J. Lueger, Seneca, KS (US); and Stephen A. Youngers, Clearwater, KS (US)
Assigned to AgSynergy, LLC, Seneca, KS (US)
Filed by AgSynergy, LLC, Seneca, KS (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/799,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/518,981, filed on Aug. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0048954 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. A01B 73/06 (2006.01); A01B 73/04 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 73/065 (2013.01) [A01B 73/046 (2013.01); A01C 15/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. An agricultural implement configured to be propelled by a prime mover, said implement comprising:
a toolbar configured to support a plurality of agricultural tools, wherein the toolbar is a front-folding toolbar configured to be shifted forward from an operational position to a transport position,
wherein the toolbar comprises a left wing section, a right wing section, and a center section, wherein each of the left wing section and the right wing section is configured to rotate vertically with respect to the center section about respective rotational axes; and
a draw-bar extending forward from the toolbar and configured to be coupled with the prime mover, wherein the draw-bar is rotatably connected with the toolbar via a connection assembly that includes a generally laterally extending rotational axis, such that the draw-bar is configured to rotate vertically about the rotational axis with respect to the center section of the toolbar,
wherein the rotational axes of the wing sections of the toolbar and the rotational axis about which the draw-bar rotates vertically with respect to the center section of the toolbar are colinear when the toolbar is in the transport position.