Caterpillar Inc.

Sridhar Jaganathan

John L Bender

A mobile machine having a machine frame with a first side and a second side. A stabilizer leg is located at each of the first and second sides of the machine frame, and is movable between a first ground-engaging position and a second ground-engaging position. The stabilizer leg includes a first linkage, a second linkage, a third linkage, and a fourth linkage. A first end portion of the first linkage is pivotally connected to the machine frame, and a second end portion of the first linkage is pivotally connected to one end portion of the second linkage. A first end portion of the third linkage is connected to the machine frame via the fourth linkage, and a second end portion of the third linkage is connected to the one end portion of the second linkage. A recessed area of the third linkage is adapted to receive the first linkage when the stabilizer leg is in the first ground engaging position. The first linkage is adapted to move out of the recessed area to define a spaced relationship between top portions of the first and third linkages so that the third linkage is located at a bottom portion of the first linkage when the stabilizer leg is in the second ground-engaging position.

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Peoria Heights, IL, United States of America

Sridhar Jaganathan