Patent ID: 11891133
Assignee: VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  E | IPC A  B  E

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle having a front, rear, first and second sides, and a central longitudinal axis that passes through the front and rear, the vehicle comprising:
a ground drive system;
a console moveable between first and second positions disposed opposite each other across the central longitudinal axis;
a direction control device supported by the console, the direction control device configured to selectively control movement of the vehicle in a forward direction and a rearward direction, the direction control device being moveable by a user along a control axis;
a sensor system that senses when the console is in the first position or in the second position; and
a control unit communicatively connected to the sensor system, the control unit being configured to cause the ground drive system to move the vehicle in the forward direction when the direction control device is moved along the control axis toward the front of the vehicle in both the first and second positions of the console and to move the vehicle in the rearward direction when the direction control device is moved along the control axis toward the rear of the vehicle in both the first and second positions of the console.