Patent ID: 8684623

Claim:
A tool coupler configured to couple to first and second pins of a tool, the tool coupler comprising: a coupler frame; a hook fixedly connected to the coupler frame and configured to receive the first pin of the tool; a wedge operatively slidingly received within the coupler frame; an actuator connected to move the wedge away from the hook to bias the second pin of the tool against the coupler frame; a latch associated with the wedge and movable between a first position at which the wedge is allowed to move away from the second pin, and a second position at which the wedge is constrained from moving away from the second pin; and a spring configured to bias the latch toward the second position, wherein the latch includes a base end pivotally connected to the wedge; and wherein a portion of the actuator is configured to selectively engage a protrusion at the base end of the latch and move the latch against the bias of the spring to the first position.