Patent ID: 8322454

Claim:
A tool mount for connecting a tool shank to a horizontal frame member of an implement, the frame member having upper and lower faces joined by front and rear sides, the tool mount comprising: first and second spaced rail members disposed horizontally and respectively being connected to lowermost portions of the front and rear sides of the frame member; a tool support including opposed first and second clamp members having upper ends defining jaws respectively engaging the first and second spaced rail members and being joined to lower ends spaced below the frame member, with each clamp member defining a tool shank-receiving opening below, and extending crosswise to, the frame member; a jaw tightening member extending between the opposed clamp members below the spaced rail members and the tool shank-receiving opening of each clamp member to urge lower portions of the clamp members towards each other to clamp the tool support to the rail members at the lowermost portion of the front and rear sides of the frame member independently of additional fasteners above the rail members.