Patent · US Expired

Apparatus facilitating connection of trailer implement to tractor three-point hitch system

US5690182A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
44References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 5, 1996
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60D1/52
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Presented is an apparatus that includes a unitary frame configured to present three mounting portions spacially separated from one another in a triangular pattern and lying in a common plane to be pivotally connected to and supported by the hitch members of a three-point hitch system mounted on the rear of a tractor and actuable hydraulically to alter the elevation of the three-point hitch system and therefore the unitary frame of the apparatus. The apparatus facilitates connecting different types of agricultural and other trailer-type implements to the tractor and for selectively varying the size of the apparatus to accommodate three-point hitch systems of different sizes.

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