Patent ID: 6612380
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
An attachment for a three point hitch carried by a tractor having a long axis, said attachment comprising a post carried uprightly by said three point hitch, said post having an upper end adapted selectively to receive a gooseneck hitch and alternatively to mount an attachment for a fifth wheel type hitch, said fifth wheel type hitch comprising a post bracket having an open bottomed sleeve slidably mounted against rotation on said post, an elongated fifth wheel mounting bracket mounted at its longitudinal center on a fifth wheel mounting bracket pivot carried by said post bracket, said fifth wheel mounting bracket pivot having an axis generally parallel with the long axis of said tractor, whereby said fifth wheel mounting bracket can rock on said post bracket, and a fifth wheel mount pivotally mounted on and between two ends of said fifth wheel mounting bracket for rotation about pivots at said two ends, to permit rocking thereof about an axis perpendicular to the pivot axis of said fifth wheel mounting bracket and means for limiting the amount of rocking of said fifth wheel mounting bracket comprising arms extending from said post bracket sleeve perpendicular to said fifth wheel mounting bracket pivot axis, and upwardly divergent tongues carried by said arms, and said fifth wheel mounting bracket having a bar extending parallel to the said arms, and received within the ambit of said tongues.