Rod weeder

Claim 1

IN A FARM IMPLEMENT ADAPTED TO BE TRAILED BEHIND A TOWING VEHICLE: A TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL FRAME MEMBER; HITCH MEANS AT ONE END OF SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY COUPLED TO A VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT PURPOSES; ADDITIONAL HORIZONTAL FRAME MEMBERS FIXED TO SAID TRANVERSE FRAME MEMBERS IN TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS EXTENDING FORWARDLY TO A CENTRAL APEX; HITCH MEANS AT SAID APEX ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY COUPLED TO A TOWING VEHICLE FOR FIELD USEF FIRST WHEEL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER ADJACENT SAID ONE END THEREOF INCLUDING A WHEEL CAREID THEREON FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER, SAID WHEEL MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY CARRIED ON SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER, SAID WHEEL MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY CARRIED ON SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER ABOUT A TRANSVERSE PIVOTAL AXIS; FIRST POWER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER AND SAID FIRST WHEEL MEANS ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY LOCATE SAID FIRST WHEEL MEANS ANGULARLY ABOUT SAID TRANSVERSE PIVOTAL AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER WITH THE WHEEL THEREOF IN GROUND CONTACT; AND MEANS ENGAGEABLE BETWEEN SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER AND SAID FIRST WHEEL MEANS ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY MAINTAION THE WHEEL OF SAID FIRST WHEEL MEANS IN AN ELEVATED LOCATION NOT IN GROUND CONTACT; SECOND WHEEL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF AND SPACED FROM SAID FIRST WHEEL MEANS, SAID SECOND WHEEL MEANS INCLUDING A WHEEL FRAME PIVOTALLY CARRIED ON SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER ABOUT A TRANSVERSE PIVOTAL AXIS, SAID SECOND WHEEL MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING A WHEEL MOUNTED ON SAID WHEEL FRAME FOR ROTATION RELATIVE THERETO ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID WHEEL BEING CARRIED ON A WHEEL SUPPORT PIVOTED TO SAID WHEEL FRAME ABOUT AN UPRIGHT AXIS; SECOND POWER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER AND THE WHEEL FRAME OF SAID SECOND WHEEL ANGULARLY ABOUT ITS TRANSVERSE PIVSAID WHEEL FRAME ANGULARLY ABOUT ITS TRANSVERSE PIVOTAL AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER WITH THE WHEEL THEREON IN GROUND CONTACT; AND MEANS ENGAGEABLE BETWEEN SAID WHEEL FRAME AND SAID WHEEL SUPPORTED ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY LOCK SAID WHEEL SUPPORT RELATIVE TO SAID WHEEL FRAME WITH THE WHEEL AXIS THEREOF PARALLEL TO SAID TRANSVERSE FRAME MEMBER.