Loader operator restraint system

A skid-steer loader including:

• a power operated working implement;
• a pedal operated, hydraulically controlled apparatus including a control linkage having a link connected between the pedal and an associated valve control center, said linkage having a plurality of operative positions for supplying power to the working implement and said linkage biased to a neutral position where power is not supplied to the working implement, the control linkage capable of manipulation by the operator of the skid-steer loader for placing the control linkage in any one of the operative positions or the neutral position, the link carries at an intermediate portion thereof outwardly projecting wedging surfaces;
• an operator restraint member having an engaged position for securing the operator in the loader during operation and a disengaged position for releasing the operator to permit him to leave the loader;
• a slideable locking member in operative cooperation with the link connecting the pedal and the valve control center and with the restraint member, the slideable locking member having two operative positions, the slideable locking member being placed in its first operative position when the control apparatus is in a neutral position and the restraint member is in its disengaged position, the locking member being placed in its second position when the restraint member is in its engaged position, the locking member having an opening for selectively receiving the wedging surfaces of the control apparatus in wedging engagement, the control apparatus wedging surfaces and the locking opening being in locking engagement when the locking member is in its first position and being disengaged when the locking member is in its second position;
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• the restraint member including a surface which is out of contact with the locking member when the locking member is in its first position and which is in contact with the locking member when the locking member is in its second position.