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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
Laforge Systems, Inc., Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Wade Mitchel, Buckingham, IA (US);
Joel Kolker, Clear Lake, IA (US);
Hubert Defrancq, Guignicourt, FR;
LAFORGE LLC, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Abstract
A shifting module for releasable securement on the lower two arms of a conventional three-point hitch of a tractor and for laterally shifting a pull-type implement mounted on the shifting module. The shifting module includes a lateral support having a pin on either end section for grasping and securement by the lower two arms of the three-point hitch. A traveler is mounted on the lateral support and a linear actuator operates to shift the traveler along the lateral support to any desired position along the lateral support. A hitch on the traveler is used for mounting of the pull-type implement so that the implement can be reliably and accurately positioned along a desired path.