(under subclass 272) Apparatus in which the self-propelled vehicle and implement assume a coupled or connected relationship as a result of relative movement toward one another in a horizontal plane and require no manual
manipulation at the time of making the connection.
(1) Note. This definition includes apparatus where a manual manipulation may be required to preset or condition one of the connecting members for the connecting action prior to relative movement and actual connection of the parts.
(2) Note. This definition includes apparatus having a plurality of connecting points between the self-propelled vehicle and implement wherein at least one of the points is self-coupling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
280, Land Vehicles,
434+, and 508+ for coupling devices between articulated vehicles which are automatically connected by movement of one of the vehicles toward the other.
