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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth R. Underhill, Strasburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
New Holland North America, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 6/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 6/500 ;
Abstract
These and other objects are attained by providing an improved harvester header side shield and latch mechanism consisting of a shield vertically pivotable upwardly and rearwardly about a horizontal hinge located on the upper rear portion of the header. The shield is lockable in the operational position and automatically engages a latch mechanism in the raised position that is manually released by the operator for lowering. Guides are provided on the inner side sheet of the header to assure that the shield moves into, and stays, in the proper location during operation.