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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1987
Chauncey D Taylor, Morgan, GA (US);
David S Taylor, Morgan, GA (US);
Hydrapak Corporation, Morgan, GA (US);
Abstract
A convertible towing hitch which is used to tow a farm implement with a vehicle includes a U-shaped planar member. This planar member has a central connecting leg, a first extending leg, and a second extending leg. A two-way pivot alowing two degrees of rotational freedom is attached at a free end of the first extending leg and to the implement. The two-way pivot allows pivoting an axis perpendicular to the plane of the U-shaped ember and about an axis parallel to the first, extending leg. An attachment device is also provided for removabley attaching the U-shaped to a bar pulled by the vehicle. The attachment device is mounted for rotational movement about an axis parallel to the connecting leg at a free end of the second extending leg. Preferably, the attachment device is located in the open area of the U-shaped member and an extension is provded of the connected leg extendng away from the second extending leg. At the end of the extension, a second attachment device is provided for removably attaching the U-shaped member to a second vehicle. When attached to the second vehicle, the elements of the farm implement are raised-while in the position where the first-mentioned attachment device is used, the work implements are lowered. A flange on the first extending leg is further provided to lock the two-way pivot against rotation about the axis perpendicular to the plane of the U-shaped member when the towing hitch is used in the raised position.