Patent ID: 7146754
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mounting a snow plow onto a vehicle, said apparatus comprising: a snow plow frame having a front and a rear, and left and right sides, said snow plow frame having a snow plow blade mounted at the front thereof; first engagement members including first and second pins located on said snow plow frame and mounted in a lateral orientation at the rear of said snow plow frame and near said right and left sides, respectively, of said snow plow frame; first retaining members located on said snow plow frame at the rear thereof and near each of said right and left sides thereof; a hitch frame for installation onto a vehicle at a front end of said vehicle, said hitch frame having right and left sides; second engagement members located on said hitch frame near each of said right and left sides of said hitch frame, wherein said first and second pins of said first engagement members and said second engagement members are brought into relative position for engagement by bringing said rear of said snow plow frame and said hitch frame relatively toward each other, and wherein said first and second pins of said first engagement members and said second engagement members are engaged by lowering said first engagement members with respect to said second engagement members; second retaining members located on said hitch frame near each of said right and left sides of said hitch frame, wherein said first retaining members may be brought into alignment with said second retaining members subsequent to said first and second engagement members being engaged; and locking members for retaining said first and second retaining members in alignment with each other, wherein each of said first retaining members is pivotally mounted at a first end thereof on a different one of said pins, said first retaining members thereby being moveable to facilitate bringing said first retaining members from a forward first position rearwardly into a second position in which they are in alignment with said second retaining members.