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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Robert S Anderson, Garner, NC (US);
Mirza Q Baig, Sanford, NC (US);
Jeffrey A Deneve, Sanford, NC (US);
Brian R Dershem, Sanford, NC (US);
Hasan A Kabir, Sanford, NC (US);
Rodney D McLamb, Cary, NC (US);
Richard A Naugle, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Huan T Nguyen, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Kevin E Pielmeier, Apex, NC (US);
Matthew P Rosefsky, Haverford, PA (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A skid steer loader has a pair of lift arms pivotally mounted to a main frame of the loader. The lift arms are connected together by a cross member located at the forward ends of the arms. The cross member is spaced ahead of a front wall member of the main frame when the lift arms are in their lowered positions so as to create a gap between the cross member and the cross member and the front wall member of the main frame where the operator enters the loader. A combination step/stop arrangement is carried on the front wall member to provide a skid resistant stepping surface across the gap between the front wall member of the main frame and the cross member of the lift arm assembly and to prevent the lift arm assembly from moving past its lowered position.