Irrigation pipe moving apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MOVING IRRIGATION PIPE IN A FIELD FROM ONE POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION LATERALLY REMOTE THEREFROM COMPRISING A WHEELED VEHICLE, A BOOM MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE AND HAVING AN OPERATIVE PORTION EXTENDING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID BOOM FOR MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY THEREON BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION ADJACENT SAID VEHICLE AND A SECOND POSITION LATERALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, PIPE GRIPPING MEANS, AND LINKAGE MEANS STABLY MOUNTING SAID PIPE GRIPPING MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE IN A POSITION THEREBELOW FOR MOVEMENT IN AN UPRIGHT PLANE BETWEEN A LOWERED POSITION WHEREIN SAID PIPE GRIPPING MEANS IS OPERABLE TO GRIP A PIPE WHEN SAID CARRIAGE IS DISPOSED IN SAID SECOND POSITION AND TO RELEASE THE GRIPPED PIPE WHEN SAID CARRIAGE IS DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND A RAISED POSITION WHEREIN SAID PIPE GRIPPING MEANS IS MOVABLE WITH SAID CARRIAGE FROM SAID SECOND POSITION TO SAID FIRST POSITION AFTER A PIPE HAS BEEN GRIPPED THEREBY AND FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE PIPE.