Bale loading and stacking device

Claim 1

A BALE LOADING AND STACKING DEVICE OF THE NATURE AFORESAID COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A STEERABLE VEHICLE HAVING A PRIME MOVER SUPPLYING POWER FOR MOTION AND APPURTENANT SYSTEMS CARRIED THEREON; AN OPERATION DECK, IN A FORWARD UPPER POSITION THEREON, HAVING CENTRALIZED OPERATING CONTROLS ACCESSIBLE THEREFROM; AN ELEVATOR STRUCTURE, IN THE FORWARD POSITION, HAVING MEANS TO CONVEY BALES PRESENTED THERETO TO A TRANSFER DECK ADJACENT THE UPPER PART THEREOF; A TRANSFER DECK COMMUNICATING TRANSVERSELY FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ELEVATOR TO A BALE CART REARWARDLY ADJACENT THERETO, SAID DECK HAVING FIRST MEANS OF CONVEYING BALES THEREALONG TO A MEDIAL TRANSFER PORTION AND SECOND MEANS OF TRANSFERRING BALES THEREFROM TO A BALE CART; A BALE CART ADJACENT SAID TRANSFER DECK MOVEABLE THEREFROM TO AND ONTO A REARWARDLY POSITIONED BALE STACKER, SAID CART HAVING MEANS OF LATERALLY AND VERTICALLY POSITIONING BALES THEREON; A BALE STACKER PIVOTABLY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VEHICULAR FRAME, ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ARRAY OF BALES FROM SAID BALE CART AND STORE THEM; MEANS OF ROTATING SAID BALE STACKER REARWARDLY TO DEPOSIT BALES CARRIED THEREBY UPON A SUPPORTING SURFACE; AND A PUSHER MEANS OF SEPARATING SAID VEHICLE FROM SAID DEPOSITED BALES.