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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Jeremy J. Faust, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Stephen K. Parsons, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Roger D. Stephenson, Ottumwa, IA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A pin-drop hitch mount assembly includes a drawbar receiver that defines a drawbar cavity and a pin opening that is open to the drawbar cavity. The assembly also includes a pin that is supported for movement within the pin opening between first and second unhitched positions and a hitched position. The hitch mount assembly further includes a latch that is supported for movement relative to the drawbar receiver between a first position, an intermediate position, and a second position. The latch, in the first position, engages and supports the pin in the first unhitched position. The latch, in the second position, disengages the pin for movement toward the hitched position. The hitch mount assembly includes a biasing member that biases the latch from the intermediate position toward the first position to return the pin to the first unhitched position as the drawbar moves out of the drawbar cavity.