Patent ID: 6915862

Claim:
A three point hitch arrangement for a utility vehicle comprising: a pivotal cargo bed; a vehicle frame that includes lower frame portions and upper frame portions, the upper frame portions having a pivot connection arrangement for pivoting the cargo bed upward in a rearward direction, said pivot connection arrangement having pivot connectors to mount the cargo bed on the vehicle frame; a beam extending in a lateral direction; a pair of endplates fixedly connected to end portions of said beam and supported by said upper portions of said vehicle frame, said endplates having features for engaging said pivot connectors that mount the cargo bed to the vehicle frame; a pair of spaced apart lower draft links, each pivotally mounted to a respective lower frame portion and extending rearward, said lower draft links having connection features at free ends thereof for connecting to an implement; a hydraulic cylinder operatively braced at one end to said beam and operatively connected at another end to said pair of spaced apart lower draft links, expansion of said hydraulic cylinder pivoting said pair of spaced apart lower draft links upwardly; and an upper link pivotally connected to said beam and extending rearward, said upper link having a connection feature at a free end thereof for connection to an implement.