Snowplow and mount assembly
View Patent ↗A snowplow and mount assembly comprising a mount frame adapted to be secured to a vehicle, and a snowplow frame. One of the mount frame and the snowplow frame has first and second arms and the other of the mount frame and snowplow frame has first and second receivers, the first and second receivers receiving the first and second arms, respectively. Respective ones of first and second latch pins removably secure the first and second arms in the first and second receivers. A latch lever is operably associated with the first and second latch pins and simultaneously actuates the latch pins to latched and unlatched positions. The snowplow frame includes a jack stand movable to and between an extended ground contacting and snowplow frame supporting position and a retracted ground noncontacting and snowplow frame nonsupporting position. The latch lever operably frees the jack stand for movement into the extended position when the latch pins are in the unlatched position and operably prevents jack stand movement maintaining the jack stand in the retracted position when the latch pins are in the latched position.
1. A snowplow and mount assembly comprising:
a mount frame adapted to be secured to a vehicle having a longitudinal axis;
a snowplow frame including a lift frame and an A-frame pivotally connected to said lift frame on a rearward end of said A-frame;
a plow blade mounted on a forward end of said A-frame;
one of said mount frame and said lift frame having first and second arms and the other of said mount frame and said lift frame having first and second receivers, said first and second receivers receiving said first and second arms, respectively upon relative movement therebetween in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
first and second moveable latch pins, respective ones of which removably secure said first and second arms in said first and second receivers; and
a latch lever operably associated with said first and second latch pins for moving said latch pins to a latched position to secure said first and second arms in said first and second receivers and for moving said latch pins to an unlatched position to permit said first and second arms to move out of said first and second receivers;
a lift cylinder connected between said lift frame and said A-frame; and
structure connecting said lift frame and said plow blade, said connecting structure including resilient and non-resilient portions;
said resilient portion creating slack in said non-resilient portion when said plow blade is dropped to the ground and pressure is released from said lift cylinder thereby permitting said lift frame to be rotated relative to said A-frame toward said mount frame.
2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said connecting structure resilient and non-resilient portions comprise a tension spring and a chain respectively.
3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said connecting structure resilient and non-resilient portions comprise a tension spring and a cable respectively.
4. The assembly of claim 1 further including a jack and wherein said jack drops by gravity before said latch pins unlatch.