Convertible carriage
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsArun Narayanan, David M. O'Brien, Jason M. Simmons
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Abstract
A convertible carriage is provided. The convertible carriage includes a carriage frame, a support arrangement, a shaft, and a retaining arrangement. The support arrangement includes an elongate slot and is positioned on the carriage frame. The shaft may carry a tine and is moveable along the elongate slot at least in a vertical dimension. The retaining arrangement may selectively engage with the elongate slot. When the retaining arrangement is engaged with the elongate slot, a movement of the shaft is limited by the retaining arrangement with a boundary defined at least by the retaining arrangement. When the retaining arrangement is removed from the elongate slot, the shaft is allowed to float in the elongate slot.
Claims20
A convertible carriage, comprising:
- a carriage frame;
- a support arrangement comprising an elongate slot, the support arrangement being positioned on the carriage frame;
- a shaft configured to carry a tine and to be moveable along the elongate slot at least in a vertical dimension;
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- a retaining arrangement configured to selectively engage with the elongate slot;
- wherein when the retaining arrangement is engaged with the elongate slot, a movement of the shaft is limited by the retaining arrangement with a boundary defined at least by the retaining arrangement, and when the retaining arrangement is removed from the elongate slot, the shaft is allowed to float in the elongate slot.
A retaining arrangement selectively coupled to a convertible construction carriage having a carriage frame, an elongate slot positioned on the carriage frame, and a shaft configured to carry a tine and to be moveable along the elongate slot at least in a vertical dimension, the retaining arrangement comprising:
- a retainer configured to be engaged with one of an upper portion of the elongate slot to limit the shaft from moving upward or a lower portion of the elongate slot to limit the shaft from moving downward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.