[VFB] Bale Arms

Hardy Bros Ltd invented the full bale arm (not bail) and it was patented so no other manufacturer could copy the idea of a bale until the patent expired. Mitchell was a French company that was waiting for the patent to expire and were forced to utilize the half bale in the meantime. This also

[VFB] bale not bail

Resending as didn’t show - possible duplicate Oh DonO! Americans have never been able to spell English and in fact there are so many American mis-spelled English words that the mis-spelled words are often now the norm. Bale refers to a group or bundle of object(s) such as a bale of hay; Bale

[VFB] Bale

For Don O bale - Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bale