A work vehicle comprising a pair of loader arms and a carrier for coupling the loader arms to an implement of the work vehicle , the carrier comprising: a pair of brackets coupled by a cross-rod , each bracket including an inner wall spaced apart from an outer part , at least one of the inner walls defining a latch slot ; and a latch mechanism movable between latched and unlatched positions, the latch mechanism including: a latch plate having a retaining flange with an engagement surface; a pair of lock pins coupled to ends of the latch plate ; and a pair of latch receptacles associated with the brackets and configured to receive the lock pins , the loader arms comprising: a trigger plate coupled to one of the loader arms , wherein, when in the latched position, the latch mechanism has the lock pins received in the latch receptacles and the engagement surface of the retaining flange disengaged from the one of the inner walls of the brackets , and, when in the unlatched position, the latch mechanism has the retaining flange of the latch plate passed through the latch slot and the engagement surface of the retaining flange engaged with the one of the inner walls of the brackets , and wherein the trigger plate contacts the retaining flange of the latch plate to move the latch mechanism from the unlatched position to the latched position. the carrier comprising: a pair of brackets coupled by a cross-rod , each bracket including an inner wall spaced apart from an outer part , at least one of the inner walls defining a latch slot ; and a latch mechanism movable between latched and unlatched positions, the latch mechanism including: a latch plate having a retaining flange with an engagement surface; a pair of lock pins coupled to ends of the latch plate ; and a pair of latch receptacles associated with the brackets and configured to receive the lock pins , a pair of brackets coupled by a cross-rod , each bracket including an inner wall spaced apart from an outer part , at least one of the inner walls defining a latch slot ; and a latch mechanism movable between latched and unlatched positions, the latch mechanism including: a latch plate having a retaining flange with an engagement surface; a pair of lock pins coupled to ends of the latch plate ; and a pair of latch receptacles associated with the brackets and configured to receive the lock pins , a latch plate having a retaining flange with an engagement surface; a pair of lock pins coupled to ends of the latch plate ; and a pair of latch receptacles associated with the brackets and configured to receive the lock pins , the loader arms comprising: a trigger plate coupled to one of the loader arms , wherein, when in the latched position, the latch mechanism has the lock pins received in the latch receptacles and the engagement surface of the retaining flange disengaged from the one of the inner walls of the brackets , and, when in the unlatched position, the latch mechanism has the retaining flange of the latch plate passed through the latch slot and the engagement surface of the retaining flange engaged with the one of the inner walls of the brackets , and wherein the trigger plate contacts the retaining flange of the latch plate to move the latch mechanism from the unlatched position to the latched position. <EOS>