Patent ID: 6857842

Claim:
An assembly mountable on a machine, including an implement provided with a pair of mounting brackets each having a pair of opposed pin receiving recesses, said implement is selected from a group of implements having varying sized and shaped recesses, a dipper stick operatively connectable to said machine for selective movements and having a first connecting pin rotatably mounted in an end thereof and receivable in one of said implement recesses of each bracket, a fluid actuated cylinder assembly having a cylinder member pivotally connectable to said dipper stick and a rod member provided with an operatively connected pin rotatable relative thereto and receivable in the other of said implement recesses of each bracket, and a pair of spacer links each disposed on a side of said dipper stick and spaced therefrom, and operable to selectively maintain said connecting pins in retracted, inoperative positions permitting said connecting pins to be maneuvered and inserted into or removed from said implement recesses, and in extended, operative positions within said implement recesses, detachably coupling said implement to said dipper stick, an adapter assembly comprising: a pair of bushings each mountable on one of said connecting pins between one of said dipper stick and said operative connection of one of said connecting pins to said rod member, and one of said spacer links, each bushing selected from a group of bushings having varying configurations, said selected bushing having a configuration receivable within and conforming to one of said implement recesses for the selected implement.