Patent ID: 8234847

Claim:
An automatic connection mechanism for connecting a mid-mounted implement to a tractor, comprising: a rear lift linkage including a pair of rear draft links having forward ends pivotably connected to the tractor, and rearward ends suspended downwardly and rearwardly, the pair of rear draft links connected together by a rear link rod, the rearward ends having slots aligned with and hooking to engage lift rods on the rear of a mid-mounted implement as the tractor drives over the implement; a forward lift linkage pivotably connected to the front of the mid-mounted implement, the forward lift linkage aligned with and hooking to engage slots near the front of the tractor as the tractor drives over the implement; the rear lift linkage and forward lift linkage together forming a four bar parallelogram arrangement; a first PTO coupling member mounted to the rear lift linkage and that engages a second PTO coupling member on the mid-mounted implement as the tractor drives over the implement; and a pair of rear hangers suspending the rear draft links under the tractor and connected to a bell crank that pivots to raise and lower the rear draft links and the first PTO coupling member together.