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

Claim 18:
19. 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, the console having a console front disposed laterally outward from a console rear when the console is in the first and second positions, the console having a console first side and a console second side, the console first side being disposed forward of the console second side relative to the central longitudinal axis when the console is in the first position and the console first side being disposed rearward of the console second side relative to the central longitudinal axis when the console is in the second position;
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;
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 controlling the direction at which the ground drive system moves the vehicle based at least in part on the sensor system detecting the console in the first position or in the second position,
wherein the control unit is configured to cause the ground drive system to move the vehicle in a direction toward the first side of the vehicle when the direction control device is moved toward the first side of the vehicle in both the first and second positions of the console and to move the vehicle in a direction toward the second side of the vehicle when the direction control device is moved toward the second side of the vehicle in both the first and second positions of the console.