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A QUICK-HITCH MECHANISM FOR USE WITH A TRACTOR HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED POWER ELEVATED DRAFT LINKS TRAILINGLY PIVOTED THEREON AND A TOP LINK CENTERED ABOVE THEM FOR CONNECTION TO THREE CORRESPONDINGLY LOCATED LATERAL HITCH PINS ON AN IMPLEMENT, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF HOOK MEMBERS AT THE REAR ENDS OF THE DRAFT LINKS AND HAVING UPWARDLY FACING HOOKS FORMED THEREON, KEEPER MEMBERS IN TH FORM OF VERTICALLY ARRANGED PLATES OF METAL PIVOTED AT THEIR FORWARD ENDS TO THE HOOK MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY AND HAVING A FUNNEL SHAPED THROAT ALONG THE REAR EDES THEREOF DEFINING A PAIR OF GUIDING EDGES LEADING TO A CENTRAL ROOT SO THAT WHEN THE TRACTOR IS BACKED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE IMPLEMENT THE LATERAL HITCH PINS ON THE IMPLEMENT ARE ENGAGED BY THE UIDIN EDGES AND GUIDED INTO THE ROOT NOTWITHSTANDING SLIGHT VERTICAL MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND IMPLEMENT, THE ROOT OF THE KEEPER MEMBERS BEING AT SUCH RADIUS AS TO REGISTER WITH HOOKS SO THAT WHEN THE DRAFT LINKS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY POWER ELEVATED THE RESULTING RELATIVE SWING OF THE KEEPER MEMBERS DOWNWARDLY INTO A CLOSED POSITION CAUSES THE IMPLEMENT PINS TO BE TRANSPORTED INTO SEATED POSITION IN THE RESPECTIVE HOOKS, AND MEANS FOR LATCHING THE KEEPER MEMBERS IN CLOSED POSITION.