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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2025
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Daniel Jonathan Heim, Blaine, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A leg tube assembly for a work machine includes a first tube coupled with a frame of the work machine and a second tube coupled to the first tube and slidable relative to the first tube between an extended position and a retracted position. The first tube defines a first inner surface. The second tube includes a tube body defining a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The tube body defines at least one recess on the second outer surface. The second tube includes at least one support member disposed within the at least one recess of the tube body between the first tube and the tube body of the second tube. The at least one support member is adapted to engage with the first inner surface of the first tube and includes any one of a bearing and a wear pad.