Height Adjustable Implement Mount for Single-Point Hitch Equipped Vehicles

An implement mount for height adjustable mounting of an implement to a vehicle with a single-point hitch, said mount comprising:

• a hitch coupler having a front end configured to mating with the single-point hitch of the vehicle to connect the mount thereto in a working position in which the hitch coupler reaches outward from the vehicle in a longitudinal direction;
• a guide frame affixed to the hitch coupler and defining at least one guide slot lying transversely cross-wise to the longitudinal direction of the hitch coupler in an upright orientation at distance spaced longitudinally rearward from the front end thereof;
• at least one link arm pivotally supported on the hitch coupler at a pivot point located intermediately between the at least one guide slot and the front end of the hitch coupler;
• an implement carrier coupled to the at least one link arm proximate a rear end thereof at a spaced distance from the pivot point, said implement carrier carrying, or being configured to carry, the implement;
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• a follower arrangement engaged between the at least one link arm and the at least one guide slot proximate the rear end of the at least one link arm to constrain movement of the implement carrier to movement along said at least one guide slot;
• wherein pivotal movement of the at least one link arm in a first direction lifting the rear end thereof upwardly is operable to lift the implement carrier along the at least one guide slot, and pivotal moment of the at least one link arm in a second direction lowering the rear end thereof is operable to lower the implement carrier along the at least one guide slot.