Patent ID: 8794660
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A01D,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ground maintenance vehicle configured to accommodate a ride-on operator, the vehicle comprising at least one movable control member operable to control one or both of a direction and a speed of the vehicle, the vehicle comprising: a frame; an operator platform attached to the frame; and an assist handle operatively attached to the frame, the assist handle comprising a grip portion movable between: a deployed position, wherein the grip portion is located at a deployed elevation configured to assist the operator with ingress to, or egress from, the platform; and a stowed position, wherein the grip portion is located at a stowed elevation lower than the deployed elevation, and wherein the assist handle comprises an elongate first tubular member operatively attached to the frame, and an elongate second tubular member defining the grip portion, wherein the grip portion moves from the deployed position to the stowed position by telescoping of the second tubular member within the first tubular member.