Patent ID: 8353359

Claim:
An implement connecting apparatus for attaching an implement to a utility vehicle having a three-point hitch, the three-point hitch having two lower lift arms attached to connecting arms that are in turn attached to rockshaft arms, and an adjustable upper link arm, the implement connecting apparatus comprising: a utility vehicle bracket adapted to attach to the utility vehicle, the utility vehicle bracket including a plurality of mounting recesses, an implement bracket adapted to attach to an implement, the implement bracket including a plurality of mounting tubes, the plurality of mounting recesses adapted to engage the mounting tubes to align and secure the implement bracket to the utility vehicle bracket, a lift-support adapted to removably attach to the lower lift arms of the three-point hitch, the implement bracket further includes a lift-support recess, the lift-support recess adapted to align and engage the lift support, and the implement bracket further adapted to removably attach to the utility vehicle bracket thereby removably attaching the implement to the utility vehicle.