Patent ID: 7802814

Claim:
A latch device for use with a support arm that pivotally supports a stabilizer pad construction that includes a rotatable support weldment having opposite one and another ground engagement positions, said latch device comprising: a latch member having a predetermined latch surface; a pivot for the latch member for pivotally supporting the latch member from the support arm; an engagement lug disposed on said stabilizer pad and in a position for selective engagement with said latch member; said engagement lug fixedly supported to said weldment so that anv rotation of said weldment causes the engagement lug to rotate therewith; said latch member latch surface having a capture means for accommodating said engagement lug; said capture means accommodating said engagement lug in only the one of the opposite one and another ground engagement positions; the engagement between said engagement lug and said capture means preventing the pad from leaving said one ground engagement position.