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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1990
Oryn B Wagner, Bismarck, ND (US);
Terry J Alm, Mandan, ND (US);
Clark Equipment Company, South Bend, IN (US);
Abstract
A mounting device for attaching an accessory apparatus to an off road vehicle. The mounting device includes a carrier frame mounted to the accessory and a mounting frame attached between the actuating arms of the off road vehicle. The mounting frame includes a bar member that is engageable with an overhanging member on the carrier frame to form a load bearing connection between the vehicle and the accessory apparatus. The mounting device further includes a pair of lug members secured to the carrier frame that are releasibly engageable with horizontally directed openings formed in hooks attached to opposite sides of the vehicle. Adjacent each of the lugs is mounted a movable over center locking mechanism that is movable between a locked position wherein the lugs are locked to the hooks to secure the accessory to the vehicle, and an unlocked position which allows the lugs to be removed from the openings in the hooks. Each of the over center locking mechanisms include a pivotable locking pawl engageable with the hook, an operating lever and a spring biased link which couples the pawl to the operating lever.