Patent ID: 11903340
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. A mower-to-skid steer loader mounting structure affixed to a heavy-duty mowing deck and configured to couple with a front-facing jam structure (80) of a skid steer loader, where the front-facing jam structure (80) includes a laterally-spaced pair of retractable locking pins (86), wherein standard dimensional requirements for the front-facing jam structure (80) and including for the laterally-spaced pair of retractable locking pins (86) are stated in a uniform industry standard which allows for self coupling and self decoupling between the front-facing jam structure (80) and the mounting structure: the mounting structure comprising:
a top flange and a bottom flange;
wherein the bottom flange extends between a laterally-spaced left and right edge;
wherein the bottom flange is formed with a first pair of laterally-spaced left and right holes (110) which are sized and laterally-spaced apart in accordance with the uniform industry standard and thereby are configured to receive the laterally-spaced pair of retractable locking pins (86) of the front-facing jam structure (80) of a skid steer loader;
wherein the bottom flange is further formed with a second pair of laterally-spaced left and right holes (120) offset from the first pair of laterally-spaced left and right holes (110) and where the second pair of laterally-spaced left and right holes (120) are sized and laterally-spaced apart in accordance with the uniform industry standard and thereby are also configured to receive the laterally-spaced pair of retractable locking pins (86) of the front-facing jam structure (80) of a skid steer loader independently of the first pair of laterally-spaced left and right holes (110);
whereby the mounting structure not only allows self coupling and self decoupling between the front-facing jam structure (80) and the mounting structure but also allows the self decoupling from a first alignment (˜110) between the skid steer loader and the heavy-duty mowing deck to be followed by a subsequent self coupling into an offset second alignment (˜120) between the skid steer loader and the heavy-duty mowing deck;
wherein the mounting structure is affixed to the heavy-duty mowing deck such that the first alignment (˜110) corresponds to a centered alignment between the skid steer loader and the heavy-duty mowing deck;
whereby the offset second alignment (˜120) has the heavy-duty the mowing deck offset in one direction shifted to the left or right or the opposite direction shifted to the right or left so that the mowing deck may reach underneath the lowest strand of a barbed wire fence line.