Patent ID: 6487799
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60D,E02F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A removable hitch attachment configured to operatively couple a towable vehicle with a bucket of a piece of earth-moving equipment, the bucket having wall portions terminating in two or more generally linear edges that define an opening of the bucket, the removable hitch attachment comprising:a hitch mount configured to permit mounting of a hitch onto the removable hitch attachment; and an edge engaging structure configured to secure the hitch mount to the bucket, where the edge engaging structure includes: upper and lower opposed members configured to receive one of the edges of the bucket therebetween; and a clamping mechanism configured to maintain the edge of the bucket received between the upper and lower opposed members, where the removable hitch attachment is configured to be secured to the bucket free of structural modification to the bucket, and to be easily installed onto and removed from the bucket to selectively accommodate towing operations and earth-moving operations.