Patent ID: 8047760

Claim:
A power machine having a tubular lift arm that has a longitudinal passageway and an outer end that can be raised and lowered positioned along a side of an operator's location for the power machine, a mount for an attachment on the outer end of said lift arm, the outer end of the lift arm comprising a tubular downwardly extending section having a forwardly facing wall with an aperture formed therein in communication with the longitudinal passageway, a source of at least one of fluid power and electrical signals on the power machine, a conduit leading from the source and positioned within the longitudinal passageway and extending to the tubular downwardly extending section, a mounting plate being secured to the forwardly facing wall of the lift arm and having one or more bosses on a back face of the mounting plate projecting through the aperture and into the longitudinal passageway, and a first conduit coupler section coupled to the mounting plate and projecting forwardly therefrom for receiving a second mating conduit coupler section, the conduit being in communication with the first coupler section via attachment to the mounting plate.