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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2022
Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated, Beatrice, NE (US);
Jeffrey J. Moore, Beatrice, NE (US);
EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED, Beatrice, NE (US);
Abstract
A vehicle has a vehicle frame having a first end and a second end and a first siderail and a second siderail spaced laterally and each extend longitudinally from the first end to the second end. A caster wheel having a lateral axis is rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame towards the first end. Drive wheels defining an axis are rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame towards the second end. A prime mover coupled to the vehicle frame has a base and a vertical driveshaft, which is in operative communication with the drive wheels, extending from the base. The vertical driveshaft has a driveshaft axis closer to the second siderail than the first siderail laterally and closer to the caster wheel axis than the drive wheel axis longitudinally. The base is positioned vertically below most of the length of each of the first siderail and the second siderail.