Patent ID: 8006415
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: E02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting an implement to a prime mover, the apparatus comprising: a connector that is mountable on the prime mover, and has at least one recess for receiving a connecting pin mounted on the implement; retaining means provided to, in use, hold the implement on the connector; and a locking member that is configured to move between an extended position in which the locking member prevents the connecting pin from exiting the recess and a retracted position in which the locking member allows the connecting pin to exit the recess, the locking member being biased toward the extended position by a biasing means, the locking member being positioned and aligned such that, when in use, as the connecting pin of the implement enters the at least one recess the locking member is pushed by the connecting pin toward the retracted position, and when the connecting pin is fully home within the recess the locking member is moved to, and held in, the extended position by the biasing means, and the connecting pin is not able to push the locking member toward the retracted position, and the apparatus further includes a powered actuator adapted to selectively move the locking member to the retracted position.