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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:
May. 01, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary P Freese, Joliet, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
172809 ; 414722 ; 180 691 ;
Abstract
A tractor is provided with a main frame, a blade, and a C-frame which has a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart legs joined together at one end portion thereof, each leg of the C-frame has a curved portion extending upwardly and away from said leg. Each curved portion of the C-frame is pivotally mounted to the main frame of the tractor. The C-frame is operatively connected to said blade whereby forces engaging said blade are transmitted through the C-frame directly to the main frame of the tractor.