Bale buncher attachment for hay balers

Claim 1

A BALE BUNCHER FOR ATTACHMENT TO A HAY BALER, COMPRISING: A WHEELED VEHICLE FRAMEWORK; A HORIZONTAL RECEIVING PLATFORM FIXED UPON SAID FRAMEWORK AND ADAPTED TO CARRY A LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED ROW OF INCOMING BALES; FIRST STOP MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK AT ONE END OF SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM ADAPTED TO LIMIT MOTION OF INCOMING BALES RELATIVE TO SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM; A STORAGE PLATFORM MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAMEWORK DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM, AND STORAGE PLATFORM BEING VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE BETWEEN A FIRST LOCATION LEVEL WITH SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM AND A SECOND LOCATION ONE BALE HEIGHT LOWER AND POSITIONED DIRECTLY BELOW SAID FIRST LOCATION TO THEREBY ENABLES BALES TO BE STACKED ON SAID STORAGE PLATFORM AS THEY ARE RECEIVED FROM SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM; MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID STORAGE PLATFORM ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY POSITION SAID STORAGE PLATFORM AT SAID FIRST OR SECOND LOCATIONS; FIRST PUSHER MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK MOUNTED FOR MOTION RELATIVE THERETO ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM ADJACENT SAID FIRST STOP MEANS ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY PUSH INDIVIDUAL BALES FROM SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM TO SAID STORAGE PLATFORM; AND SECOND PUSHER MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK MOUNTED FOR MOTION RELATIVE THERETO ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID STORAGE PLATFORM ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY PUSH BALES FROM SAID STORAGE PLATFORM; FIRST CONTROL MEANS ON SAID FIRST STOP MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST PUSHER MEANS ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY ACTUATE SAID FIRST PUSHER MEANS WHEN SAID FIRST STOP MEANS IS CONTACTED BY AN INCOMING BALE ON SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM TO THEREBY CAUSE SAID FIRST PUSHER MEANS TO SHIFT THE CONTACTING BALE ONTO THE STORAGE PLATFORM; SECOND CONTROL MEANS ON SAID STORAGE PLATFORM WITHIN THE ELEVATION OF A FIRST LAYER OF BALES THEREON AND LOCATED AT THE SIDE THEREOF DIRECTLY OPPOSITE SAID RECEIVING PLATFORM, SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MEANS TO SELECTIVELY POSITION SAID STORAGE PLATFORM AND ADAPTED, WHEN CONTACTED BY A BALE, TO CAUSE SAID LAST NAMED MEANS TO SHIFT SAID STORAGE PLATFORM FROM SAID FIRST LOCATION TO SAID SECOND LOCATION FOR RECEPTION THEREON OF A SECOND LAYER OF BALES; AND THIRD CONTROL MEANS ON SAID STORAGE PLATFORM WITHIN THE ELEVATION OF A SECOND LAYER OF BALES THEREON AND LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS, SAID THIRD CONTROL MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND PUSHER MEANS AND ADAPTED, WHEN CONTACTED BY A BALE, TO CAUSE SAID SECOND PUSHER TO PUSH BALES FROM SAID STORAGE PLATFORM.