Patent ID: 7805866

Claim:
A float mechanism for attaching a material-moving implement to an instant transfer connecter on a vehicle to provide a floating connection to accommodate irregularities in the surface over which the vehicle travels, the float mechanism comprising: a mounting frame having, a pair of substantially vertical supports affixed at a set separation, said pair of substantially vertical supports being so separated and each having a rear profile configured to slidably and lockably engage the instant transfer connector; a fixed frame attached to the material-moving implement; a pivot bracket, said pivot bracket being pivotably attached with respect to one of said fixed frame and said mounting frame, so as to rotate about a pivot bracket axis that is substantially horizontal and substantially parallel to the direction of travel of the vehicle, and said pivot bracket being slidably connected with respect to the other of said fixed frame and said mounting frame, so as to allow limited translational motion therebetween along a nominally vertical axis, thereby assuring that the motion between said fixed frame and said mounting frame is substantially maintained within a nominally vertical plane.