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Patent No.:

US 11116130 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2017

Utility machine operable in stand-on and walk-behind modes

Applicant:

Ariens Company, Brillion, WI (US);

Inventors:

Thomas E. Phillip, Hilbert, WI (US);

Aric Hamburg, Fond du Lac, WI (US);

William D. Maile, De Pere, WI (US);

Craig Key, Green Bay, WI (US);

Brent P. Berglund, Brillion, WI (US);

Michael Rukamp, Brillion, WI (US);

Andrew Donati, Appleton, WI (US);

Jeffrey M. Berchem, New Holstein, WI (US);

John Adams, Manitowoc, WI (US);

Assignee:

Ariens Company, Brillion, WI (US);

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas B Will

Assistant Examiner:

Madeline Ivy Runco

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/82 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); B62D 11/08 (2006.01); B62D 51/02 (2006.01); B62D 51/04 (2006.01); B62D 55/08 (2006.01); A01D 34/69 (2006.01); A01D 34/66 (2006.01); A01D 34/64 (2006.01); A01D 69/10 (2006.01); A01D 34/68 (2006.01); A01D 34/74 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/02 (2006.01); B62D 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/824 (2013.01); A01D 34/001 (2013.01); A01D 34/66 (2013.01); A01D 34/69 (2013.01); A01D 34/82 (2013.01); B62D 11/08 (2013.01); B62D 51/02 (2013.01); B62D 51/04 (2013.01); A01D 34/6806 (2013.01); A01D 34/74 (2013.01); A01D 69/10 (2013.01); A01D 2034/645 (2013.01); A01D 2034/6843 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); B62D 1/02 (2013.01); B62D 11/02 (2013.01); B62D 55/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A utility machine, such as an outdoor power equipment unit such as a lawn mower, includes a work unit performing work in addition to motive power for the utility machine and a trailer occupied by an operator in a standing position. The operator may seamlessly step onto the trailer to operate the machine in stand-on mode and step off the trailer to operate the machine in walk-behind mode. The trailer remains in the deployed condition in both stand-on mode and walk-behind mode.

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