Deere + Company

Nicholas Hamm

Steven Paul Dobrot

Loren F Hansen

Thomas Allan Shambeau

Peter Sutherland Sharpe

Eugene Bertrum Glaze

A working machine includes a rear mounted 3 point hitch and a ballast assembly. The ballast assembly includes a housing and a metal frame positioned within the housing. The frame includes a 3 point coupler connected with the 3 point hitch. Concrete ballast is within the housing in contact with the frame.

Three point hitch ballast assembly for working machine

A bumper assembly for a utility vehicle includes both front bumper structure for protecting the front of the vehicle, and skid plate structure to protect lower components of the vehicle from road or terrain hazards, as an integrated part. The bumper assembly includes a protective front structure extending substantially vertically in front of a front end of the vehicle hood, e.g., in front of the radiator of the utility vehicle. The bumper assembly also includes a protective bottom structure extending substantially horizontally beneath the chassis of the utility vehicle. The bumper assembly includes a front plate useful for locating attachments to the vehicle. An implement attachment arrangement includes an elongated structure pivotally connected at a rear of a chassis of the utility vehicle. The elongated structure is connected at a front end thereof to the bumper assembly via a hydraulic cylinder in order to make vertically adjustable the elevation of the front end of the elongated structure. The elongated structure provides an implement mounting bracket or coupling at a front end thereof. An implement having a compatible base is engageable to the implement mounting bracket.

Bumper, skid plate and attachment system for utility vehicle

Bumper

An operator seat assembly for use with a utility vehicle is provided. The assembly permits the seat to be adjusted fore and aft between a plurality of positions and includes a tubular hip restraint which is integral to and shiftable with the seat. One leg of the hip restraint serves as a pivot to allow the seat to tilt forwardly from an operative position to a storage position to protect it from the elements when not in use.

Pivoting seat assembly

Utility vehicle body

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West Bend, WI, United States of America

Nicholas Hamm