Hitching assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJacob D. Kappelman
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Abstract
Provided is a hitching assembly for coupling to a hitch assembly on a vehicle. The hitching assembly includes a single point assembly including a first attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly and a support passage extending through the single point assembly, a two-point assembly extending through the support passage, the two-point assembly having second and third attachment areas for attaching to the hitch assembly, and one or more manually-operated latch mechanisms configured to couple the two-point assembly to the single point assembly. The two-point assembly is movable from a raised position where the two-point assembly is coupled to the single point assembly, to a lowered position where the two-point assembly is decoupled from the single point assembly to move relative to the single point assembly.
Claims20
A hitching assembly for coupling to a hitch assembly on a vehicle, the hitching assembly comprising:
- a single point assembly including a first attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly and a support portion having a support passage extending therethrough;
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- a two-point assembly including a support member extending through the support passage, the two-point assembly having second and third attachment areas for attaching to the hitch assembly,
- wherein the two-point assembly is movable from a raised position where the two-point assembly is coupled to the single point assembly to form a rigid assembly, to a lowered position where the two-point assembly is decoupled from the single point assembly to move the support member vertically within the support passage of the support portion from the raised position to the lowered position and among a plurality of degrees of freedom within the support passage while being constrained by the support passage for adjusting a position of the two-point assembly relative to the hitch assembly.
A hitching assembly for coupling to a hitch assembly on a vehicle, the hitching assembly comprising:
- a single point assembly including a body portion having a first attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly, and a support portion having a support passage extending therethrough;
- a two-point assembly including a support member extending through the support passage, one or more first arms attached to a first side of the support member that have a second attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly, and one or more second arms attached to a second side of the support member that have a third attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly;
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- one or more manually-operated latch mechanisms configured to couple the support member to the support portion,
- wherein the two-point assembly is movable from a raised position where the two-point assembly is coupled to the single point assembly by the one or more manually-operated latch mechanisms to form a rigid assembly, to a lowered position where the one or more manually-operated latch mechanisms are removed such that the two-point assembly is decoupled from the single point assembly to move the support member vertically within the support passage of the support portion from the raised position to the lowered position while being constrained by the support passage.
A hitching assembly for coupling to a hitch assembly on a vehicle, the hitching assembly comprising:
- a single point assembly including a first attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly and a support passage extending through the single point assembly, wherein sides of the support passage converge towards a top of the support passage;
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- a two-point assembly extending through the support passage, the two-point assembly having second and third attachment areas for attaching to the hitch assembly, wherein the two-point assembly includes a support member having sides that converge towards a top of the support member,
- wherein the two-point assembly is movable from a raised position where the two-point assembly is coupled to the single point assembly to form a rigid assembly, to a lowered position where the two-point assembly is decoupled from the single point assembly to move relative to the single point assembly among a plurality of degrees of freedom for adjusting a position of the two-point assembly relative to the hitch assembly, and
- wherein when the two-point assembly is in the raised position, the top of the support member is proximate the top of the support passage and movement of the support member is restricted by the support passage, and when the two-point assembly is in the lowered position, a gap is formed between the sides of the support passage and the sides of the support member to allow the position of the two-point assembly to be adjusted.
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