Wide swing drawbar support assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDIGVIJAY BHOSALE, Edwin R. Kreis, Banjamin J. Heimbuch
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Abstract
A drawbar support assembly includes a rail member attached to a hitch frame, a slider member and a drawbar support. The slider member is slidable in the rail member. The drawbar support has rollers which rollingly engage the slider member so that the drawbar is swingable laterally. The rail member includes a forwardly facing curved slot which slidably receives the tabs which project from the slider member. A spring unit is coupled between the rail member and the slider member and operates to urge the slider member to a central position relative to the rail member.
Claims18
A drawbar support assembly comprising:
- a rail member adapted to be mounted to a vehicle;
- a slider member slidably received by the rail member;
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- a drawbar support member movably coupled to the slider member, the drawbar support having a drawbar receiving part adapted to receive and support the drawbar.
A drawbar support assembly comprising:
- a rail member adapted to be mounted to a vehicle;
- a slider member slidably received by the rail member;
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- a drawbar support member movably coupled to the slider member, the drawbar support having a drawbar receiving part adapted to receive and support the drawbar;
- a spring holder mounted in the rail member;
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- a pairs of springs attached to opposite sides of the spring holder, the slider member being engagable with the springs, said springs being biased to urge the slider member to a central position relative to the rail member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.