Patent ID: 7909349

Claim:
An assembly for retaining a drawbar on a hanger bar fixedly mounted to a tractor proximal a rear end of the tractor and extending in a generally lateral direction so as to have opposing, elongated, front and rear edges, the assembly comprising: a bottom capture plate configured to be applied to a bottom side of the drawbar extending beyond lateral sides of the drawbar and beyond the front and rear edges of the hanger bar overlying the drawbar; a top capture plate configured to be applied over the hanger bar overlying the drawbar and also sized to extend beyond lateral sides of the drawbar and beyond the front and rear edges of the hanger bar; at least four removable fasteners extending between the top and bottom capture plates to secure the top and bottom capture plates together spanning intersection of the draw bar and overlying hanger bar, the top and bottom capture plates being configured to receive two of the fasteners on each lateral side of the drawbar and two of the fasteners on either of the front and rear edges of the hanger bar; and first and second spacer blocks configured to be removably captured along the front and rear edges of the hanger bar between the top and bottom capture plates by separate pairs of the at least four fasteners, the spacer blocks having a height greater than a height of the hanger bar.