US Patent 10273650 Work vehicle with latching carrier for attachments

A carrier for coupling loader arms to an implement of a work vehicle includes a pair of brackets coupled by a cross-rod. Each bracket includes an inner wall spaced apart from an outer part. At least one of the inner walls defines a latch slot. The carrier includes a latch mechanism movable between latched and unlatched positions. The latch mechanism includes a latch plate having a retaining flange with an engagement surface, a pair of lock pins and a pair of latch receptacles associated with the brackets. When in the latched position, the latch mechanism has the lock pins received in the latch receptacles and the engagement surface disengaged from the one of the inner walls. When in the unlatched position, the latch mechanism has the retaining flange passed through the latch slot and the engagement surface engaged with the one of the inner walls.