Broom attachment for vehicle

An apparatus for grooming a sports field, the apparatus comprising:

• a field finisher configured to be dragged behind a self-propelled vehicle;
• a broom assembly operatively connected at a rearward portion of the field finisher;
• the broom assembly having an operative position wherein bristles of the broom assembly engage the ground and the field finisher does not engage the ground;
• the broom assembly having a stowed position wherein the broom assembly is positioned above the field finisher and locked in place such that the broom assembly does not engage the ground and the field finisher engages the ground.

An apparatus for grooming a sports field, the apparatus comprising:

• a broom assembly for operative connection to at least one of a two point frame of a self-propelled vehicle and a rearward portion of a field finisher attached to the two point frame of the self-propelled vehicle;
• the broom assembly having an operative position wherein bristles of the broom assembly engage the ground;
• the broom assembly having a stowed position wherein the broom assembly locked in place such that the broom assembly does not engage the ground;
• a first arm assembly and a second arm assembly for connecting the broom assembly to one of the two point frame of the self-propelled vehicle and the rearward portion of the field finisher attached to the two point frame of the self-propelled vehicle;
• each of the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly comprising:
• a first hinge support member and a second hinge support member, each of the first hinge support member and the second hinge support member having a first aperture and a second aperture;
• an arm extending outwardly from the first hinge support member and the second hinge support member, the arm having an aperture therethrough, the aperture of the arm aligned with the first aperture of the first hinge support member and the first aperture of the second hinge support member;
• a bolt extending through the aperture of the arm, the first aperture of the first hinge support member and the first aperture of the second hinge support member;
• a clamp having a first clamp member and a second clamp member, the clamp operatively connected to the first hinge support member and the second hinge support member, each of the first clamp member and the second clamp member having an aperture therein with the aperture of the first clamp member and the aperture of the second clamp aligned for positioning a bolt therethrough;
• and
• a pin extending through the second aperture of the first hinge support member and the second aperture of the second hinge support member, the pin having a wire lock.