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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2024
Exmark Manufacturing Company Incorporated, Beatrice, NE (US);
Michael S. Fredenburg, Hickman, NE (US);
Jonathan S. Guarneri, Lincoln, NE (US);
Patrick D. Sands, Firth, NE (US);
Derek L. Dragoo, Clatonia, NE (US);
Kevin J. Nelson, Lincoln, NE (US);
Daniel L. Mawer, Savage, MN (US);
EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED, Beatrice, NE (US);
Abstract
The utility vehicle that includes a frame carrying a prime mover and extending between a first end and a second end in a longitudinal direction. The vehicle also includes ground engaging members operatively attached to the frame. At least one of the ground engaging members is powered by the prime mover to propel the frame over a ground surface. Also, the vehicle includes a control tower (supporting operator controls) located at or near a rear end of the frame, a tank positioned lateral to the control tower, and a support pad connected to the control tower and configured to contact a leg of an operator. Further, a pad surface of the support pad is configured to align with a portion of an angled surface of the tank. Therefore, an operator leaning against the pad surface and angled surface of the tank experiences a smooth transition therebetween.