Patent ID: 7377330

Claim:
A three point hitch for a work machine, comprising: an elongate first draft link having a mounting end portion and a free end portion opposite the mounting end portion, the mounting end portion being mounted to a first side of a work machine to allow upward and downward pivotal movement of the free end portion beside an upwardly and downwardly extending fixed structural element of the work machine; an elongate second draft link having a mounting end portion and a free end portion opposite the mounting end portion thereof, the mounting end portion of the second draft link being mounted to a second side of the work machine opposite the first side to allow upward and downward pivotal movement of the free end portion of the second draft link; and a sway restrictor mounted on the free end portion of the first draft link and engaged with the upwardly and downwardly extending structural element so as to be movable upwardly and downwardly therealong during the upward and downward pivotal movement of the free end portion of the first draft link while restricting sideward swaying thereof toward and away from the structural element wherein the sway restrictor comprises a generally C shaped bracket having a first leg portion and a second leg portion spaced from the first leg portion, the leg portions defining a space therebetween adapted for cooperatively receiving the upwardly and downwardly extending structural element.