Patent ID: 7673699

Claim:
A sway restrictor connected to a draft link of a three point hitch, comprising: a generally C shaped bracket having a first leg portion and a second leg portion spaced from the first leg portion, the leg portions defining a space therebetween adapted for cooperatively receiving an upwardly and downwardly extending structural element of a work machine therein such that an inner surface of the first leg portion faces a first side of the structural element and an inner surface of the second leg portion faces a second side of the structural element opposite the first side, at least the first of the leg portions having a passage therein extending in a transverse direction generally toward the other of the leg portions and in connection with the space; at least one mounting element mounted on the draft link of the three point hitch mounted on a work machine such that the structural element thereof will be cooperatively received in the space and the first leg portion configured for receiving the mounting element; a wear pad disposed in the passage so as to be extendible in the transverse direction into the space out of the passage and at least a portion of the wearpad is retractable into the passage by an adjustable element; and the adjusting element coupled to the first leg portion and disposed in connection with the wear pad and adjustably movable in cooperation with the wear pad for adjustably holding the wear pad in a position extending from within the passage into the space, for restricting relative transverse movement of the draft link and the structural element cooperatively received in the space; and the first leg portion is connected to the draft link and the adjusting element is threadedly mounted in a threaded hole through the draft link and is threadedly movably inwardly and outwardly in relation thereto for adjustably moving the wear pad.