Hedge trimmer

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A TRACTOR VEHICLE HAVING A POWER TAKEOFF, A HEDGING MACHINE FOR ORCHARDS, GROVES AND THE LIKE COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING SUPPORT MEMBER DISPOSED AT ONE SIDE OF THE TRACTOR AND HAVING A LOWER END PORTION AT APPROXIMATELY THE LEVEL OF THE TRACTOR AXLE AND AN UPPER END PORTION AT APPROXIMATELY THE LEVEL OF THE TOP OF THE TRACTOR, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTINGLY CONNECTING SAID LOWER END PORTION TO SAID TRACTOR FOR LIMITED SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TRACTOR, EXTENSIBLE CONNECTING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE POINTS ON SAID TRACTOR AND MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID AXIS AND OPERABLE TO SWING SAID MEMBER ON SAID AXIS INCLINEDLY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID TRACTOR, AN ARM HAVING OPPOSED ENDS AND AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION, A PIVOT ELEMENT CONNECTING SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID ARM TO SAID UPPER END PORTION OF SAID MEMBER ESTABLISHING FOR SAID ARM A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PIVOT AXIS EXTENDING GENERALLY TRANVERSELY OF THE TRACTOR, AN EXTENSIBLE CONNECTING DEVICE CONNECTED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE POINTS ON SAID ARM AND SAID MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID ARM PIVOT AXIS POSITIONING SAID ARM WITH RESPECT TO SAID MEMBER AND OPERABLE TO SWING SAID ARM FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID TRACTOR TO AN APPROXIMATELY VERTICAL ERECTED POSITION, A PLURALITY OF CIRCULAR SAW BLADES DISPOSED ALONG AND ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID ARM, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID POWER TAKEOFF DRIVINGLY TO SAID SAW BLADES.