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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1981
Wayne J Schaaf, Kewanee, IL (US);
Bennie J Boswell, Kewanee, IL (US);
Chromalloy American Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A hitch locking mechanism for an implement or the like having a frame and transport wheels movable between lowered transport positions wherein the frame is raised for transport and raised positions wherein the frame is lowered for an operating mode, and having a hitch bar hinged to the frame, the hitch locking mechanism being interconnected between the transport wheels and the hitch bar and being operative to maintain the hitch bar in fixed relation to the frame when the transport wheels are in their lowered transport positions, and operative to enable hinged movement of the hitch bar relative to the frame when the transport wheels are in their raised positions.