Implement and transport therefor

Claim 1

AN IMPLEMENT TRANSPORT FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A TOWING VEHICLE, SAID IMPLEMENT TRANSPORT COMPRISING: (A) A CENTER SECTION COMPRISING: (1) RIGID FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING WHEEL CARRIAGE MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO THE TOWING VEHICLE, (2) AN ELONGATED IMPLEMENT-CARRYING SHAFT EXTENDING GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID VEHICLE AND SAID TRANSPORT AND JOURNALLED IN SAID FRAME STRUCTURE FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS, (B) A PAIR OF OPPOSITE END SECTIONS ONE EACH DISPOSED GENERALLY ON AN OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID CENTER SECTION, SAID END SECTIONS EACH COMPRISING: (1) AN ELONGATED IMPLEMENT-CARRYING BOOM ROTATABLE ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS, (2) AN ELONGATED BOOM SUPPORTING STABILIZER LEG DISPOSED IN GENERAL PARALLELISM WITH SAID BOOM, SAID STABILIZER LEG INCLUDING MEANS FOR JOURNALLING SAID BOOM, (3) A CASTER WHEEL SUSPENDED AND SECURED TO THE OUTER END PORTION OF SAID STABILIZER LEG, (C) PIVOTAL CONNECTION MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID END SECTIONS TO SAID CENTER SECTION FOR GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED SWINGING MOVEMENTS BETWEEN OPERATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID END SECTIONS IN GENERAL TRANSVERSE ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CENTER SECTION AND INOPERATIVE TRAILING POSITIONS OF SAID END SECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CENTER SECTION AND ALSO FOR LIMITED GENERALLY VERTICALLY DIRECTED MOVEMENTS OF SAID END SECTIONS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE GROUND CONTOUR, SAID PIVOTAL CONNECTION MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID END SECTIONS COMPRISING: (1) A UNIVERSAL JOINT CONNECTING THE INNER END PORTION OF SAID ROTATABLE BOOM OF THE END SECTION TO THE ADJACENT OUTER END PORTION OF THE SHAFT OF SAID CENTER SECTION, AND (2) MECHANISM CONNECTING THE INNER END PORTION OF THE STABILIZER LEG OF THE END SECTION TO SAID CENTER SECTION FOR MOVEMENTS ABOUT THE AXIS OF PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID BOOM TO SAID CENTER SECTION AND FOR GENERALLY VERTICALLY DIRECTED MOVEMENTS WHEREBY TO PERMIT SAID HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED SWINGING MOVEMENT AND SAID LIMITED GENERALLY VERTICALLY DIRECTED MOVEMENT OF SAID END SECTIONS, (D) POWER MEANS FOR IMPARTING SAID ROTATION ABOUT THEIR OWN AXES TO SAID SHAFT OF SAID CENTER SECTION AND SAID BOOMS OF SAID END SECTIONS WHEREBY TO RAISE AND LOWER THE IMPLEMENTS CARRIED THEREBY, AND (E) RELEASABLE MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID END SECTIONS IN THEIR SAID OPERATIVE POSITIONS.