US 12,305,680 B2
Locking bracket and methods of using the same
Min Sung Kim, Atlanta, GA (US); Douglas Swartz, Marietta, GA (US); and Phillip Sutton, Jr., Gainesville, GA (US)
Assigned to Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,884.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196056 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 17/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 43/077 (2006.01); E05C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 17/004 (2013.01) [A01D 34/001 (2013.01); A01D 43/077 (2013.01); E05C 2005/005 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking bracket comprising:
a rigid body including a storage hole and a locking hole, with a diameter of the storage hole being smaller than a diameter of the locking hole; and
a locking pin slidably and rotatably coupled to the rigid body and movable between an unlocked position, a storage position, and a locked position,
wherein the rigid body is configured to removably receive an engagement member,
wherein the locking pin is configured to permit the engagement member to enter and exit the rigid body when the locking pin is in the unlocked position,
wherein an end of the locking pin is configured to lock the engagement member in the rigid body when the locking pin is in the locked position,
wherein a tip comprising the end of the locking pin is configured to engage with the storage hole when the locking pin is in the storage position, thereby preventing the locking pin from extending completely through the storage hole,
wherein the locking pin is configured to extend through the locking hole when the locking pin is in the locked position.