Patent ID: 7530779

Claim:
An apparatus for selectively securing a loader mechanism to a mounting bracket on a prime mover, the loader mechanism having an attached position and a detached position, the mounting bracket having a generally C-shaped channel portion for receiving a mounting tower on the loader mechanism, the channel portion having generally parallel and opposing first and second legs connected by a base, the tower having two opposing generally planar surfaces for engagement with the channel portion, engagement positioning the planar surfaces between the first and second legs, the apparatus comprising: first and second openings in the first and second legs respectively, said first and second openings aligned on a pivotal axis; at least one elongate opening in the tower, a plane of said at least one elongate opening, when the loader mechanism is the attached position, being disposed generally perpendicular to said pivotal axis; at least one bearing pad on the tower, said bearing pad perpendicularly oriented with respect to at least one elongate opening; and a cam lock device, said cam lock device further including: an elongate shaft, said shaft having a first bearing portion and a second portion; an actuator arm connected to one end of said shaft for selective rotation of said shaft in opposing first and second directions; and at least one cam connected to said shaft for rotation by said shaft, whereby said cam, when aligned along said pivotal axis and disposed between the opposing surfaces of the tower, being selectively rotated by rotation of said shaft in said first direction, thereby contacts said bearing pad and urges engagement of the tower into the mounting bracket from the detached position to the attached position.