Attachment assembly for use with a work machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsTONY J. HUEGERICH, CHRISTOPHER L. BRADSHAW
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Abstract
An attachment assembly for use with a work machine includes an attachment adapter coupled to the work machine and fixed relative thereto and an attachment frame including a member defining an attachment point configured to engage, into an engaged mode, with the attachment adapter when a front suspension system of the work machine is raised to a raised position, and configured to disengage, into a disengaged mode, from the attachment adapter when the front suspension system is lowered to a lowered position, the attachment adapter configured to travel with the work machine when in the engaged mode and the disengaged mode, and the attachment frame configured to travel with the work machine when in only the engaged mode.
Claims19
An attachment assembly for use with a work machine, the attachment assembly comprising:
- an attachment adapter coupled to the work machine and fixed relative thereto;
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- an attachment frame comprising a member, the member defining an attachment point configured to engage, into an engaged mode, with the attachment adapter when a front suspension system of the work machine is raised to a raised position, and configured to disengage, into a disengaged mode, from the attachment adapter when the front suspension system is lowered to a lowered position, the attachment adapter configured to travel with the work machine when in the engaged mode and the disengaged mode, and the attachment frame configured to travel with the work machine when in only the engaged mode;
- wherein the attachment adapter includes an upwardly projecting lip positioned along a top surface of a support frame of the work machine, the attachment point includes a downwardly projecting lip positioned along a bottom surface of the member, the upwardly projecting lip and the downwardly projecting lip are oriented laterally with respect to a fore-and-aft axis defined by the work machine, and the upwardly projecting lip and the downwardly projecting lip engage when in the engaged mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.