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US3195651A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Adjustable quick hitch

Assignee: Massey Ferguson Inc
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Filing: 1964-01-22
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Granted: 1965-07-20
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Expires: 1984-01-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Everett W Todd

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 05:19
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01B; A01B59/00; A01B59/06; A01B59/061; A01B59/062

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 175 words
A QUICK HITCH ATTACHMENT FOR A TRACTOR OF THE THREE POINT HITCH TYPE HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART DRAFT LINKS AND AN UPPER HITCH LINK COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RIGID FRAME MEMBER DEFINING A PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY DIVERGING LEGS INTERCONNECTED BY A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SADDLE PORTION, A BRACKET SECURED TO SAID SADDLE PORTION FOR CONNECTION TO THE TRAILING END OF SAID UPPER LINK, AN EXTENSION MEMBER SECURED TO EACH OF SAID LEGS AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREWITH, EACH OF SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS CARRYING A LATERALLY EXTENDING PIN FOR CONNECTION WITH THE TRAILING END OF ONE OF SAID DRAFT LINKS, AN UPPER REARWARDLY EXTENDING HOOK DE FINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING NOTCH SECURED TO SAID SADDLE PORTION, AND A LOWER REARWARDLY EXTENDING HOOK DEFINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING NOTCH FORMED AT THE LOWER PORTION OF EACH OF SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS, SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LEGS WHEREBY ADJUSTMENT OF SAID MEMBERS RELATIVE TO SAID LEGS RESULTS IN SIMULTANEOUSLY CHANGING THE RELATIVE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LOCATION OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER HOOKS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 175 words
A QUICK HITCH ATTACHMENT FOR A TRACTOR OF THE THREE POINT HITCH TYPE HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART DRAFT LINKS AND AN UPPER HITCH LINK COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RIGID FRAME MEMBER DEFINING A PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY DIVERGING LEGS INTERCONNECTED BY A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SADDLE PORTION, A BRACKET SECURED TO SAID SADDLE PORTION FOR CONNECTION TO THE TRAILING END OF SAID UPPER LINK, AN EXTENSION MEMBER SECURED TO EACH OF SAID LEGS AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREWITH, EACH OF SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS CARRYING A LATERALLY EXTENDING PIN FOR CONNECTION WITH THE TRAILING END OF ONE OF SAID DRAFT LINKS, AN UPPER REARWARDLY EXTENDING HOOK DE FINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING NOTCH SECURED TO SAID SADDLE PORTION, AND A LOWER REARWARDLY EXTENDING HOOK DEFINING AN UPWARDLY OPENING NOTCH FORMED AT THE LOWER PORTION OF EACH OF SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS, SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LEGS WHEREBY ADJUSTMENT OF SAID MEMBERS RELATIVE TO SAID LEGS RESULTS IN SIMULTANEOUSLY CHANGING THE RELATIVE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LOCATION OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER HOOKS.

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