Patent ID: 6079938
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: E02F,Y10S

Abstract:
A skid steer loader having a main frame with a front wall member, comprising:a lift arm assembly including a pair of lift arms and a cross member, each lift arm having a forward end portion and an opposite rearward end with each rearward end being pivotally mounted to the main frame for movement of such arm assembly between a raised position and a lowered position, and said cross member extending between the lift arms and spaced ahead of the front wall member of said main frame so as to define a gap therebetween when the lift arm assembly is in its lowered position; anda combination step/stop arrangement carried on said front wall member of said main frame to provide a skid resistant stepping surface across the gap between the front wall member of the main frame and the cross member of the lift arm assembly, and to prevent the lift arm assembly from moving past its lowered position, said combination step/stop including a pair of separate step/stop members, each step/stop member having a step portion and a stop portion, each of such step/stop members being mounted to said front wall member where said step portions are disposed in side-by-side relationship to each other in said gap between said front wall member and said cross member.