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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Tennant Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John C. Ickes, Rockford, MN (US);
Martin L. Dickrell, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Ronald W. Lehman, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kyle D. Sedam, Rogers, MN (US);
Jacob L. Stock, Plymouth, MN (US);
Tennant Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A surface maintenance machine comprising a body having a forward section, a middle section and a rearward section, wherein the forward section is positioned to the front of a transverse centerline of the machine, the middle section is generally centered on the transverse centerline and a rearward section positioned to the rear of the transverse centerline. A storage chamber can be defined in the middle section and enclosed by a front wall, a rear wall, lateral walls, a generally planar top surface, and a generally planar lower surface, such that the storage chamber is generally isolated from components of the surface maintenance machine. The storage chamber can have a storage chamber bottom surface with or below a top surface of at least one battery positioned in the forward section.