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US 5,975,216 AGranted
Low profile transferrable hydraulic three point hitch
AssigneeTructor Incorporated
InventorRobert A. Gibbons
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Abstract
A self-contained hydraulic three point hitch assembly including a plate; a pair of frame rail mounts, a pair of strut mounts, a pair of hydraulic actuator mounts, and a pair of lifting arm mounts on the plate; a pair of lifting arms, each pivotally attached to a lifting arm mount; a pair of hydraulic actuators each interconnected between a hydraulic actuator mount and a lifting arm; and a pair of struts, each attached on one end to a strut mount.
Claims19
A self-contained hydraulic three point hitch assembly comprising:
- a three point hitch including:
- a plate,
- a pair of frame rail mounts on said plate,
- a pair of strut mounts on said plate,
- a pair of hydraulic actuator mounts on said plate,
- a pair of lifting arm mounts on said plate,
- a pair of lifting arms, each pivotally attached to a said lifting arm mounts, and
- a pair of hydraulic actuators, each interconnected between a said hydraulic actuator mount and a said lifting arm;
- a pair of struts, each attached on a first end to a said strut mount;
- and
- fastener means for removably securing said frame rail mounts and a second end of said struts to a vehicle chassis for positioning said plate so that the surface of said plate is not perpendicular to the vehicle chassis.
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A self-contained hydraulic three point hitch assembly comprising:
- a three point hitch including:
- a plate,
- a pair of frame rail mounts on said plate, and
- a pair of strut mounts on said plate;
- and
- a pair of struts, each attached on a first end to a said strut mount;
- and
- means for removably securing said frame rail mounts and a second end of said struts to a vehicle chassis for positioning said plate so that the surface of said plate is not perpendicular to the vehicle chassis.
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A removable three point hitch comprising:
- a plate having a top portion and a bottom portion;
- means for attaching the top portion of said plate to a vehicle chassis;
- means for attaching the bottom portion of said plate to a vehicle chassis for positioning said plate so that the surface of said plate is not perpendicular to the vehicle chassis;
- a pair of lifting arms pivotally connected to said plate;
- and
- means for raising and lowering said lifting arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.