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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Paul M. Paluch, Downers Grove, IL (US);
James G. Jamilosa, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Case, LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for securing an agricultural implement to a hitch receiving member of a vehicle, the apparatus including at least first and second elongated tongue members where the second tongue member is slidably received in the first tongue member and forms at least first and second latch receiving slots, the apparatus also including a locking assembly having an extending end receivable in the first and second slots to lock the second tongue member with respect to the first in extended and retracted positions, respectively, the apparatus further including adjustable stops and bearing members that facilitate after manufacturing adjustment of tongue assembly and locking assembly components.