US 12,397,691 B2 · Outdoor power equipment with converter seated and standing operator positions

Abstract

An outdoor power equipment having sitting configuration and standing configuration is presented herein. The outdoor power equipment can be transformed from the sitting configuration to the standing configuration and vice versa, allowing an operator to use the outdoor power equipment in either a sitting position or standing position. The sitting position can place the operator at least in part forward of a drive axis of the outdoor power equipment, whereas the standing position can place the operator at least in part coincident with or behind the drive axis. The outdoor power equipment can be electric powered in some aspects, with modular and replaceable battery packs.

Claims11

Dependent claims

An outdoor power equipment, comprising:

a frame;
a plurality of drive wheels rotatable about a drive wheel rotation axis;
a rollover protection (ROP) bar secured to the frame;
an operator seat secured to the frame;
a cushion configured to be in one or more of a first position associated with a sitting configuration of the outdoor power equipment or a second position associated with a standing configuration of the outdoor power equipment;
drive controls for operator-initiated drive and steering functions of the outdoor power equipment;
and
a standing platform positioned at least in part rearward of the operator seat, wherein at least two of the ROP bar, the cushion, or the drive controls are configured to move together between the sitting configuration and the standing configuration of the outdoor power equipment.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/693,727Filed 14 Mar 2022 · us provisional application

Priority

12 Mar 2021

Published

US 2022/0379781 A11 Dec 2022

Granted

26 Aug 2025

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

B60N 2/38
For particular purposes or particular vehicles: specially constructed for use on tractors or like off-road vehicles
B62D 51/02
Motor vehicles characterised by the driver not being seated: the driver standing in the vehicle
A01D 34/64
Having cutters rotating about a vertical axis: mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle
A01D 34/81
Having cutters rotating about a vertical axis: casings; Housings

Outdoor power equipment with converter seated and standing operator positions

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Outdoor power equipment with converter seated and standing operator positions

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Abstract

Claims11