Tree-crop picking apparatus

Claim 1

IN A TREE CROP PICKER, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES (A) A TRUCK MOUNTED ON WHEELS, (B) A FRUIT RECEIVING BOX POSITIONED ON SAID TRUCK, (C) BEARINGS POSITIONED ON SIDES OF THE TRUCK, (D) LOWER BOOMS MOUNTED TO SWING LATERALLY ON VERTICAL AXES IN SAID BEARINGS, (E) OUTER BOOMS CARRIED BY AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN EXTENDED ENDS OF SAID LOWER BOOMS, (F) MEANS EXTENDED AROUND THE CONNECTIONS OF THE OUTER BOOMS TO THE LOWER BOOMS PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL DISPLACEMENT OF FRUIT BEING TRANSFERRED FROM SAID OUTER BOOMS TO SAID LOWER BOOMS, (G) CABS CARRIED BY EXTENDED ENDS OF SAID OUTER BOOMS, (H) FLIGHT CONVEYORS IN SAID LOWER AND OUTER BOOMS, (I) PEDALS MOUNTED TO TRAVEL IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID OUTER BOOMS, (J) A TRAILER ALSO MOUNTED ON WHEELS AND DESINGED TO FOLLOW SAID TRUCK, (K) A CONVEYOR MOUNTED ON SAID TRUCK AND POSITIONED TO DELIVER FRUIT TO SAID TRAILER, (L) FOOT CONTROLS MOUNTED ON SAID CABS FOR ACTUATING THE BOOMS AND CABS TO POSITION OCCUPANTS OF THE CABS TO FRUIT PICKING POSITIONS, (M) DRUMS AND CABLES IN CONNECTING ENDS OF THE LOWER AND OUTER BOOMS FOR ACTUATING THE OUTER BOOMS IN RELATION TO THE LOWER BOOMS TO FACILITATE MOVING FRUIT PICKERS IN THE CABS TO FRUIT PICKING POSITIONS, (N) AND HYDRAULIC MEANS FOR EXTENDING AND RETRACTING LOWER BOOMS.