IP Library Granted Patent US 12,209,373
Granted Patent B2
US 12,209,373 · App. 18/715,648 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Implement for skid steer vehicle

Inventors: Harley Nefzger (Monticello, WI); Dean Mish (Potosi, WI); Mark Nier (Kiel, WI)
Assignee: Ariens Company
E01H5/098E01H5/061E01H5/092E02F3/3604
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Patent No.
US 12,209,373
App. No.
18/715,648
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An implement interlock connection system connects an implement to a utility vehicle. The utility vehicle includes an implement interface having a first slot forming in the implement interface at a first position and a second slot formed in the implement interface at a second position spaced from the first position. The implement includes an implement arm having a securing interface with an implement slot defined therein. The implement interlock connection system includes a first lever pivotably coupled to the implement interface and a second lever pivotably coupled to the first lever. The first lever being configured to selectively engage the first slot and the second lever being configured to selectively engage the second slot. The implement is secured to the implement interface of the utility vehicle when the first lever engages the first slot and the second lever engages the second slot.

Claims (12)

1. An implement interlock connection system for connecting an implement to a utility vehicle, the utility vehicle including an implement interface having a first slot forming in the implement interface at a first position and a second slot formed in the implement interface at a second position spaced from the first position, and the implement including an implement arm having a securing interface with an implement slot defined therein, the implement interlock connection system comprising:

a first lever pivotably coupled to the implement interface, the first lever being configured to selectively engage the first slot; and

a second lever pivotably coupled to the first lever, the second lever being configured to selectively engage the second slot;

wherein the implement is secured to the implement interface of the utility vehicle when the first lever engages the first slot and the second lever engages the second slot,

wherein the second lever engages the second slot to prohibit movement of the first lever.

2. The implement interlock connection system of claim 1 , wherein the first slot is configured to overlap and align with the implement slot so the first lever extends through the first slot and the implement slot.

3. The implement interlock connection system of claim 1 , wherein a biasing member is positioned between the first and second levers which biases the second lever into engagement with the second slot.

4. The implement interlock connection system of claim 1 , wherein

the first position that the first slot is formed is in a bottom surface of the implement interface, and

the second position that the second slot is formed is in a vertical structure of the implement interface.

5. The implement interlock connection system of claim 1 , wherein the second lever is configured to pivot with the first lever when the second lever is disengaged from the second slot.

6. The implement interlock connection system of claim 1 , wherein the first lever includes a first protrusion rotatably received in the first slot, and the second lever includes a second protrusion rotatably received in the second slot.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2024
From: SEEFELDT, ROSS M.
To: ARIENS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 069105/0086 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NUMBER FROM 18/571,648 TO --18/715,648-- PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 68501 FRAME 879. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 9, 2024
From: NEFZGER, HARLEY; MISH, DEAN; NIER, MARK
To: ARIENS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 069172/0076 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2024
From: NEFZGER, HARLEY; MISH, DEAN; NIER, MARK
To: ARIENS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 068501/0879 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2024
From: ARIENS COMPANY
To: BLUE TORCH FINANCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 068790/0337 →
Priority Claims (1)
CA CA 3141241 · Dec 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63285877 · Dec 3, 2021
Related Publication 20240417942A1 · Dec 19, 2024
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