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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Tilmor Llc, Dalton, OH (US);
Inventors:
Glenn M. Steiner, Dalton, OH (US);
Chad R. Badger, Fredericksburg, OH (US);
Douglas L. Zehr, Orrville, OH (US);
Assignee:
TILMOR LLC, Dalton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 51/06 (2006.01); B60K 17/22 (2006.01); B60G 17/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/01 (2006.01); A01B 59/06 (2006.01); F16H 7/06 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01); A01B 63/00 (2006.01); B60S 9/02 (2006.01); A01B 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 51/06 (2013.01); A01B 59/065 (2013.01); A01B 63/006 (2013.01); B60D 1/01 (2013.01); B60G 17/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); F16H 7/02 (2013.01); F16H 7/06 (2013.01); A01B 3/24 (2013.01); A01B 63/002 (2013.01); B60G 2300/082 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60S 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A walk-behind tractor has an increased ground clearance to define a plant receiving space that has a greater height than a conventional walk-behind tractor having a straight axle. The walk-behind tractor has trailing drop arms from a frame that carry wheel axles that result in an elevated height of a driveshaft. The elevated driveshaft increases the ground clearance for taller plants to pass therebeneath during operation of the walk-behind tractor which would otherwise be too tall to pass below a conventional straight axle walk-behind tractor.