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Claim 1

IN A LOADING DEVICE FOR A TRACTOR OR THE LIKE, THE COMBINATION OF A PAIR OF SPACED UPRIGHT BEAMS CARRIED BY THE TRACTOR OR THE LIKE NEAR THE REAR THEREOF, PIVOT CONNECTIONS CARRIED BY SAID UPRIGHT BEAMS ADJACENT SPACED UPPER ENDS THEREOF, THE RESPECTIVE AXES OF SAID PIVOT CONNECTIONS BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, A BOOM MEMBER HAVING A FIRST ARM PORTION PIVOTABLY CONNECTED TO A FIRST OF SAID PIVOT CONNECTIONS AND A SECOND ARM PORTION PIVOTABLY CONNECTED TO A SECOND OF SAID PIVOT CONNECTIONS, A FORKED SUPPORTING MEMBER SECURED TO THE FORWARD END OF SAID FIRST ARM PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE JUNCTION OF SAID FIRST ARM PORTION AND A VERTICAL REFERENCE PLANE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID PIVOT CONNECTIONS, A LOAD-ENGAGING MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID FORKED SUPPORTING MEMBER, SAID SECOND ARM PORTION INTERSECTING AND EXTENDING BEYOND SAID REFERENCE PLANE AND BEING SECURED TO SAID FIRST ARM PORTION AT A LOCATION BEYOND SAID REFERENCE PLANE AND INTERMEDIATE OF SAID FIRST CONNECTION AND SAID JUNCTION WHEREBY SAID BOOM MEMBER EXTENDS FORWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND ARM PORTION TO THE FORKED SUPPORTING MEMBER ON ONLY ONE SIDE OF SAID REFERENCE PLANE FROM SAID LOCATION TO SAID JUNCTION TO DIMINISH INTERFERENCE WITH THE VIEW FORWARDLY TO THE FORKED SUPPORTING MEMBER FROM NEAR THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND PIVOT CONNECTION AND SAID LOCATION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SAID FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION AND SAID JUNCTION.