Patent ID: 6062319
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A01B,E02F

Abstract:
An apparatus for attaching an implement to a tractor, the tractor having a main frame and a pair of rockshaft arms extending therefrom, the rockshaft arms being arcuately movable upwardly and downwardly, the apparatus comprising:rockshaft arm receiving members mountable to said implement;tractor brackets;implement mountable brackets, wherein said implement mountable brackets receive said tractor brackets; andsecuring members for securing said implement mountable brackets to said tractor brackets such that the implement is securely but detachably fixed and cantileverly supported by the tractor;whereby raising of said rockshaft arms engages said rockshaft arm receiving members causing upward movement of said implement, further raising of said rockshaft arms causing sequential engagement of said implement mountable brackets with said tractor brackets, said implement then being rigidly but detachably fixed to said tractor by said securing members.