Front end loader automatic implement attachment apparatus

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A VEHICLE HAVING A PAIR OF LIFT ARMS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID VEHICLE AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM A DISTANCE BEYOND SAID VEHICLE, SAID LIFT ARMS BEING MOVABLE DOWN TO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF SAID VEHICLE, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY SECURED BETWEEN SAID LIFT ARMS AND VEHICLE TO MOVE SAID LIFT ARMS IN VERTICAL PLANES RELATIVE TO SAID VEHICLE OF AN IMPLEMENT, AN AXIALLY SHORT LATERALLY WIDE IMPLEMENT HITCH MEMBER SECURED TO SAID IMPLEMENT HITCH MEMSAID VEHICLE BY A PORTION THEREOF INCLUDING A MEANS HAVING A PLANAR SURFACE THEREIN AND A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING OFFSET TOP FLANGE, A VEHICLE HITCH MEMBER INCLUDING A FLALT PLATE TO ABUT ON SAID PLANAR SURFACE AND TO ENGAGE SAID TOP FLANGE SAID FLAT PLATE BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID LIFT ARMS, CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LIFT ARMS AND SAID FLAT PLATE TO TILT SAID PLATE FORWARDLY TO AID IN ENGAGING IT WITH SAID TOP FLANGE, A PAIR OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEANS AT THE LATERAL MARGINS OF SAID IMPLEMENT HITCH MEMBER TO ENGAGE AND CENTER SAID VEHICLE HITCH MEMBER WITH RELATION TO SAID IMPLEMENT HITCH MEMBER, SAID GUIDE MEANS EACH HAVING A LOCKING APERTURD FORMED THEREIN, AND LOCKING CYLINDERS INCLUDING PISTON RODS OPERATIVELY SE CURED TO SAID VEHICLE HITCH MEMBER AND OPERATABLE TO FORCE SAID PISTON RODS LATERALLY OUTWARDLY TO ENGAGE SAID LOCKING APERTURES AND SECURE SAID IMPLEMENT AND VEHICLE HITCH MEMBERS TOGETHER.