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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R Muntjanoff, Aurora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2141 / ; 214 92 ;
Abstract
A movable arch supporting a grapple unit at one end of a logging vehicle, the movable arch including a pair of links of different lengths being pivotably connected in spaced apart relation to a vehicle and a support beam, one end of the support beam extending rearwardly from the vehicle for connection with the grapple unit, a hydraulic jack being interconnected between the vehicle and one of the links.