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US 7,547,033 B1Granted
Convertible hitch
OwnerGreg H. Herboldinventor
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Abstract
A convertible hitch for use on an agricultural implement or the like which is convertible from a three-point hitch to a tongue-type hitch and vice versa.
Claims2
In combination:
- a wheeled frame having forward and rearward ends;
- an elongated, transversely extending, horizontally disposed first frame member, having first and second ends, pivotally secured to said forward end of said wheeled frame about a horizontal axis;
- an elongated second frame member having first and second ends, said first end of said second frame member being rigidly secured to said first frame member at a center length of said first frame member and extending therefrom in a transverse manner;
- said first frame member being selectively pivotally movable between first and second positions;
- said second frame member extending upwardly from said first frame member when said first frame member is in said first position;
- said second frame member extending forwardly from said first frame member when said first frame member is in said second position;
- a tow hitch member selectively removably secured to said second end of said second frame member;
- a first point hitch secured to said first frame member adjacent said first end thereof;
- a second point hitch secured to said first frame member adjacent said second end thereof in a horizontally-spaced relationship to said first point hitch;
- a third point hitch secured to said second frame member adjacent said second end thereof;
- said first, second and third point hitches adapted to be secured to a vehicle three-point hitch assembly when said first frame member is in said first position;
- said tow hitch member adapted to be selectively secured to a towing vehicle when said first frame member is in said second position;
- said first frame member being selectively locked in said first and second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.