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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Kubota Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A self-propelled vehicle with a loader comprises a vehicle body extending in a fore and aft direction of the vehicle; support bases extending laterally outwardly from opposite sides of the vehicle body; main frames erected on the support bases, respectively, each main frame being in form of a box opening forward and upward and including right and left side walls and a rear wall, the box containing an engageable element; side frames each mounted in the box, each side frame having an engaging element disposed in a lower region thereof for rotatably fitting from above on the engageable element; booms pivotably connected to upper end regions of the side frames, respectively; boom cylinders for swinging the booms relative to the side frames, respectively; and reinforcing members each disposed between the right and left side walls of one of the main frames. Each reinforcing member has a front reinforcing portion extending upward from one of the support bases, a rear reinforcing portion disposed rearwardly of a lower portion of one of the side frames and extending above the engageable element, and an intermediate reinforcing portion interconnecting an upper end of the front reinforcing portions and a lower end of the rear reinforcing portion.