US 12,345,015 B2
Implement for skid steer vehicle
Harley Nefzger, Monticello, WI (US); Dean Mish, Potosi, WI (US); and Mark Nier, Kiel, WI (US)
Assigned to Ariens Company, Brillion, WI (US)
Filed by Ariens Company, Brillion, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 19/002,404.
Application 19/002,404 is a division of application No. 18/715,648, previously published as PCT/US2022/080762, filed on Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,877, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3141241 (CA), filed on Dec. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0137220 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. A01B 61/04 (2006.01); A01B 63/32 (2006.01); E02F 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 3/3604 (2013.01) [A01B 61/044 (2013.01); A01B 63/32 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implement support assembly for interconnecting an implement to a utility vehicle to permit movement of the implement relative to the utility vehicle, the implement support assembly including an implement interface that engages a securing interface of the implement, the implement support assembly comprising:
an interface support frame pivotably coupled to a vehicle frame, the interface support frame including an interface support arm and a float feature; and
a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the vehicle frame and configured to move the interface support frame relative to the vehicle frame, the float feature being positioned between the interface support frame and the hydraulic cylinder,
wherein the float feature is configured to permit the implement to move independently from the hydraulic cylinder in response to ground undulations,
wherein the float feature includes a link having a first end coupled to the interface support arm, a second end coupled to the hydraulic cylinder, and a protrusion positioned between the first and second ends,
wherein the interface support arm includes an interface slot, and
wherein the protrusion is slidably received within the interface slot to provide lost motion between the link and the interface support arm.