Rapid hitch device for connecting implement to tractor

Claim 1

A RAPID HITCH DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AN IMPLEMENT HAVING AN UPPER PUSHING POINT AND TWO LOWER PULLING HITCH POINTS TO A TRACTOR PROVIDED WITH A THREE-POINT LIFTING DEVICE HAVING AN UPPER PUSHING ARM AND TWO OPPOSED LOWER PULLING ARMS, SAID HITCH DEVICE COMPRISING A FORKLIKE GENERALLY TRANSVERSE FRAME HAVING OPPOSED LEGS, LOWER COUPLING ELEMENTS IN THE FORM OF UPWARDLY OPEN HOOKS ON THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS ADAPTED FOR RELEASABLE CONNECTION TO THE LOWER HITCH POINTS OF THE IMPLEMENT, SAID FRAME HAVING AN UPPER PORTION ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE PUSHING ARM OF SAID LIFTING DEVICE, AN UPPER COUPLING ELEMENT ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE FRAME ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE UPPER HITCH POINT OF THE IMPLEMENT, THE UPPER COUPLING ELEMENT BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE APEX OF A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT ISOSCELES TRIANGLE HAVING THE LOWER COUPLING ELEMENTS LOCATED AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE HORIZONTAL BASE OF THE TRIANGLE, MEANS TO ADJUST THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS OF THE FRAME TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER WHEREBY TO VARY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LOWER COUPLING ELEMENTS, AND MEANS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED PIVOT PIN ON THE FRAME FOR PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING THE LEGS, SAID MEANS TO ADJUST THE LOWER ENDS OF THE LEGS OF THE FRAME TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED ELEMENT WHICH IS ADJUSTABLE IN LENGTH EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO THE LEGS AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS, ADJUSTMENT OF SAID ELONGATED ELEMENT ALSO VARYING THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE LEGS.