Harvesting attachment for a harvester

1. A harvesting attachment having a frame, comprising:

a rear wall; and

a base wall attached to the rear wall by a curved connection wall, the base wall comprising a fastening region for fastening a harvesting unit, the fastening region comprising:

a front end wall extending in a vertical direction; and

a guide attached to and extending from the front end wall, the guide comprising a guide bar comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, the guide further comprising a fixed upwardly-facing projection disposed on the upper surface of the guide bar and a fixed downwardly-facing projection disposed on the lower surface of the guide bar; and

latching devices for releasable attachment of the harvesting unit.

2. The harvesting attachment according to claim 1 , wherein the latching devices for the harvesting unit are provided at the guide.

3. The harvesting attachment according to claim 1 , wherein the harvesting unit is formed as a picking unit.

4. The harvesting attachment according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is formed as an extruded section formed from aluminum or a material containing aluminum.

5. The harvesting attachment according to claim 1 , wherein the curved connection wall is a curved extruded section connection wall connecting the rear wall to the base wall by one of a weld and an adhesive bond, wherein the rear wall is formed as an extrusion and the base wall is formed as an extrusion.

6. The harvesting attachment according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the extruded section connection wall, the rear wall, and the base wall has a front wall and a back wall connected to one another by bracing walls,

wherein the bracing walls extend to at least one of perpendicular and oblique to at least one of the front wall and the back wall.

7. The harvesting attachment according to claim 5 , wherein a cover sheet is attached to the front side of the frame, wherein the cover sheet is galvanically separated from the extruded section parts.

8. The harvesting attachment according to claim 1 , in combination with the harvesting unit wherein the harvesting unit is fastened to the base wall of the harvesting attachment.

9. The harvesting attachment according to claim 1 , wherein the latching devices include latching recesses provided in the guide.

10. A header for an agricultural harvester, the header comprising:

a frame comprising a rear wall and a base wall, the base wall comprising a front end wall extending in a vertical direction;

a fastening region disposed on the front end wall, the fastening region comprising:

a guide bar attached to and extending from the front end wall;

a first fixed projection extending upwardly from a top surface of the guide bar; and

a second fixed projection extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the guide bar;

a plurality of crop harvesting attachments mounted to the fastening region; and

one or more latching devices disposed on the guide bar between adjacent ones of the plurality of crop harvesting attachments.

11. A header for an agricultural harvester, the header comprising:

a frame comprising a rear wall and a base wall, the base wall comprising a front end wall extending in a vertical direction, the frame further comprising a curved extruded section connection wall connecting the rear wall to the base wall, wherein the rear wall is formed as an extrusion and the base wall is formed as an extrusion;

a fastening region disposed on the front end wall, the fastening region comprising:

a guide bar attached to and extending from the front end wall;

a first fixed projection extending upwardly from a top surface of the guide bar; and

a second fixed projection extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the guide bar; and

one or more crop harvesting attachments mounted to the fastening region.

12. The header of claim 11 , wherein the rear wall is welded to the connection wall, and the base wall is welded to the connection wall.

13. The header of claim 11 , wherein each of the rear wall, the connection wall, and the base wall comprise first and second walls connected to one another by bracing walls.

14. The header of claim 13 , wherein the bracing walls comprise a plurality of bracing walls which are perpendicular to the first and second walls of each of the rear wall, the connection wall, and the base wall.

15. The header of claim 14 , wherein the bracing walls further comprise a plurality of bracing walls which are oblique to the first and second walls of each of the rear wall, the connection wall, and the base wall.

16. The header of claim 15 , wherein the oblique bracing walls of each of the rear wall, the connection wall, and the base wall extend in a zig-zag line.