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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Thomas L. Kennedy, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/627 (2006.01); E02F 3/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/6273 (2013.01); E02F 3/968 (2013.01);
Abstract
A loader for a work vehicle includes a loader arm, a mast section rotatably connected to the loader arm, an implement removably attached to the loader arm, a first actuator connected between the loader arm and the mast, a second actuator connected between the loader arm and the implement, and a first roller apparatus having a use position and a storage position. The first roller apparatus is positioned nearer a ground surface in the use position than in the storage position. The first roller apparatus is in contact with the ground surface in the use position and spaced apart from the ground surface in the storage position.