Patent ID: 6925735

Claim:
An implement attachment arrangement for a utility vehicle, comprising a vehicle chassis supported in part on a pair of front wheels; an elongated structure having a front portion and a rear portion, said elongated structure pivotally connected at said rear portion to said vehicle chassis behind said front wheels, and supported by said vehicle chassis to be vertically adjustable at said front portion of said elongated structure, in front of said front wheels, said elongated structure extending longitudinally between said front wheels, said elongated structure providing an implement mounting bracket at said front portion of said elongated structure; an implement having a base that is engageable to said implement mounting bracket; a support plate removably mounted to a front of said vehicle chassis; and a mechanism to vertically adjust the elevation of said front portion of said elongated structure, said mechanism comprising a hydraulic cylinder extendable and retractable and operatively connected between said chassis and said front portion, and a hydraulic pump hydraulically-connected to said hydraulic cylinder said hydraulic cylinder and said hydraulic pump being removably mounted to said support plate allowing installation of said hydraulic cylinder and said hydraulic pump onto said vehicle chassis as an integral assembly with said support plate.