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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
Loren F. Hansen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Stephanie L. Homewood, Newport News, VA (US);
Thomas J. Deves, Evans, GA (US);
Loren F. Hansen, Lincoln, NE (US);
Stephanie L. Homewood, Newport News, VA (US);
Thomas J. Deves, Evans, GA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A utility vehicle for removably mounting and carrying a plurality of different equipment, such as turf maintenance equipment, is provided. The utility vehicle is motorized and has a support frame. A multi-purpose platform is mounted to the support frame. The multi-purpose platform has a plurality of different equipment mounts so configured and arranged to removably mount the plurality of different equipment to the multi-purpose platform. A hydraulic lifting mechanism pivots the multi-purpose platform upward while the equipment is mounted to the multi-purpose platform to provide access to the area of the vehicle underneath the multi-purpose platform.