Retainer arrangement connecting operating unit to a vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsStephane Biziorek, Lionel Guiet
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Abstract
A retaining arrangement, including a support arm is proposed, by means of which an operating unit is connected with a vehicle. The retaining arrangement includes a safety device which operates such that, as long as a predetermined condition is not fulfilled, the connection of the operating unit with the vehicle is maintained. The operating unit is connected with the support arm in such a way that the operating unit can pivot with respect to the support arm about at least one axis provided with at least one vertical component that is arranged in a generally central region of the operating unit, when the safety device frees the connection.
Claims7
In a combination of a retaining arrangement, including a support arm having a first end coupled to a mounting arrangement fixed to a central, top region of an operating unit at a location approximately half way between opposite ends of said operating unit, and a second end adapted for connection to a vehicle, the improvement comprising:
- said retaining arrangement including a connection defining an upright axis about which said operating unit may pivot;
- and at least one safety device being associated with said connection for effecting a normal operating condition preventing pivotal movement about said upright axis, as long as a predetermined condition is not fulfilled, but for effecting a released condition permitting pivotal movement of said operating unit about said upright axis in response to said predetermined condition being fulfilled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.