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

Claim 0:
1. 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 left hole of the first pair of laterally-spaced holes (110) lies between the left and right hole of the second pair of laterally-spaced holes (120); and
the right hole of the second pair of laterally-spaced holes (120) lies between the left and right hole of the first pair of laterally-spaced holes (110).