Patent ID: 7086821

Claim:
Apparatus for attaching an implement having upper and lower mounting pins to a movable arm of an end loader, said apparatus comprising: a bracket pivotally coupleable to the movable arm; an upper support member on said bracket adapted to engage and retain the upper mounting pin of the implement; a lower slot in said bracket adapted to receive the lower mounting pin of the implement; first and second apertured members disposed on said bracket; a latch pin disposed in the apertures of said first and second apertured members and movable between a first unlatched position, wherein said latch pin is substantially clear of said lower slot and the lower mounting pin may be removed from said lower slot, and a second latched position, wherein said latch pin is disposed across said lower slot and the lower mounting pin is connected to said bracket for attaching the implement to the end loader arm; a biasing member coupled to said latch pin for urging said latch pin to said second latched position; and a catch portion of said latch pin for engaging said first apertured member and maintaining said latch pin in the first unlatched position to allow the lower mounting pin to be removed from the lower slot as said lower mounting pin engages and pivotally displaces said latch pin in a first direction for maintaining the latch pin's catch portion in engagement with said first apertured member, and wherein a second lower mounting pin attached to a second implement inserted in the lower slot engages and pivotally displaces said latch pin in a second opposed direction for removing the latch pin's catch portion from engagement with said first apertured member and allowing said latch pin to move to the second latched position by means of said biasing member in attaching the second implement to the end loader.