Patent ID: 8287226

Claim:
An assembly for securing a boom to a vehicle, the assembly comprising: a bracket secureable to the vehicle, the bracket including a hook with a hook width, an exterior curvature, and a curved grind plate extending perpendicular to the exterior curvature; a tower hingeably attachable to the boom and hingeably attached to a hydraulic cylinder, a U-shaped clevis for securing the tower to the bracket, the U-shaped clevis having a grind bar having a length longer than the hook width, a first rotor separated from a second rotor, and each rotor hingeabley attached to the tower and secured to the grind bar; the U-shaped clevis rotatable about the tower to a first state wherein a portion of the hook is surrounded by the combination of the first rotor, the second rotor, the tower, and the grind bar and the grind bar is separated from the grind plate; the U-shaped clevis rotatable about the tower to a second state wherein the grind bar is ground against the grind plate to secure the tower to the bracket, and lock the clevis in the second state.