Deere & Company

Gregory Eugene Childs

Christopher T McCord

Bryan Duane Bigsby

A folding rollover protection system includes an upper ROPS hinged to a lower ROPS and movable between an upright position and a folded down position. An isolation member may be urged between the upper and lower ROPS to separate them from each other. The isolation member may be a resilient wedge-shaped member positioned between a first wedge and a second wedge. The first wedge is movable toward the second wedge to urge the isolation member against one of the ROPS, isolating the upper ROPS from the lower ROPS.

Folding rollover protection system

A hood support for a tractor includes a bracket attached to an engine compartment under the tractor hood, a rod bent into a U-shaped loop having a pair of ends pivotably mounted to the bracket, and a spring coiled around one of the ends urging the U-shaped loop toward a raised position. A pocket under the tractor hood is dimensioned to receive the U-shaped loop and support the hood in the raised position.

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Augusta, GA, United States of America

Gregory Eugene Childs