Rear Attachment

摘要

An attachment for the rear of a skid steer type vehicle to connect any of a variety of commercially available attachments to the rear of that vehicle. A pair of hydraulic actuators articulate the arm assembly relative to the plate assemblies affixed to the vehicle to raise and lower the attachment.

主权项

1. A rear attachment device comprised of a first plate assembly, a second plate assembly and an arm assembly;
the first plate assembly is affixed to a predetermined first surface at a rear of a vehicle; the second plate assembly is affixed to a predetermined second surface at the rear of a vehicle; the arm assembly on a first lower edge articulably attaches to a lower edge of the first plate assembly; the arm assembly on a second lower edge articulably attached to a lower edge of the second plate assembly; a first hydraulic actuator is articulably affixed at a first end to an upper edge of the first plate assembly and on a second end is articulably affixed to a first upper edge of the arm assembly; a second hydraulic actuator is articulably affixed at a first end to an upper edge of the second plate assembly and on a second end is articulably affixed to a second upper edge of the arm assembly; the arm assembly is adapted to removably connect to an attachment; when the first hydraulic actuator and the second hydraulic actuators are selectively simultaneously extended, a relative angle between the arm assembly and first and second plate assemblies increases; when the first hydraulic actuator and the second hydraulic actuators are selectively simultaneously retracted, the relative angle between the arm assembly and the first and second plate assemblies decreases; the arm assembly includes a lock to selectively secure the attachment to the arm assembly.