Patent ID: 9194098
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A stop system for a machine having a thumb and stick comprising; a first member being either the thumb or stick; a second member being the other of the thumb or stick than the first member, the second member movable with respect to the first member, the first and second members being different parts of a common machine; a first body including a first boss defining a first hole; a base plate defining a substantially flat surface, the base plate being at least one of: attached to and part of, the first body on a side of the first body opposite of the first boss, the first body and the base plate forming a first shoe; and a fastener extending through the first hole in the first boss thereby pivotally attaching the first body to one of the first member and the second member wherein the fastener is dimensioned and made of a material selected to cause the fastener to shear before the base plate causes gouges in the member to which the first body is not attached when the base plate and the member to which the first body is not attached, come into hard contact; and a substantially flat contact surface located on the other of the first member and the second member than the first body, the substantially flat contact surface located such that when the first and second members are in proximity with each other, the base plate contacts the substantially flat contact surface.