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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Paul M. Paluch, Downers Grove, IL (US);
James G. Jamilosa, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Geoffrey E. Cherry, Chicago, IL (US);
Case, LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for securing an agricultural implement to a hitch receiving member of a vehicle including at least first, second and third tongue members where each tongue member forms a passageway and the members are arranged in a telescoping fashion where the second member is received within the first member passageway and the third member is received in the second member passageway, the apparatus also including at least first and second hydraulic cylinders for extending the second and third members from the first and second member passageways, respectively, wherein at least one of the cylinders is mounted externally of the members and the other cylinder may be mounted either internally or externally and including a single stage locking mechanism for locking stage members in each of the extended and retracted positions.