Hydraulic ram slide bale thrower

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A HAY BALER WHEREIN HAY IS COMPRESSED AND TIED INTO BALES AND PROCESSIONALLY ADVANCED OUT OF THE REAR THEREOF, A BALE THROWING MECHANISM, COMPRISING: GUIDE MEANS AT THE REAR OF THE BALER EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN A GENERALLY REARWARDLY FACING ORIENTATION; MEANS MOUNTING SAID GUIDES TO SAID BALER FOR MOVEMENT IN AN UPRIGHT PLANE TO CHANGE THE VERTICAL DEFLECTION THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO THE BALER; A BALE RECEIVING PLATFORM MOUNTED ON SAID GUIDES FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST BALE RECEIVING POSITION WHEREIN THE PLATFORM IS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE BALER FOR RECEIVING BALES PROCESSIONALLY FED OUT OF THE REAR THEREOF, AND A SECOND BALE LAUNCHING POSITION DISPLACED FROM SAID FIRST POSITION WHEREIN SAID BALE IS LAUNCHED INTO A TRAPECTORY RESPONSIVE TO ABRUPT TERMINATION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATFORM; MEANS ON SAID GUIDES FOR MOVING SAID PLATFORM; AND A MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE GUIDE MEANS FOR VERTICALLY DEFLECTING SAID GUIDE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF THE MEMBER TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT OF A BALE LAUNCHED BY SAID PLATFORM, SAID MEMBER BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED FOR OPERATIONAL CONNECTION TO THE HITCH OF A TOWED VEHICLE WHICH MAY BE HITCHED TO THE REAR OF THE BALER BY MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER RESPONSIVE TO MISALIGNMENT OF THE TOWED VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE BALER SO THAT MOVEMENT OF THE TOWED VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE BALER WILL CAUSE DEFLECTION OF THE GUIDE MEANS AND CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT OF A BALE LAUNCHED BY SAID PLATFORM.