Patent ID: 6010080
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A multiple function mobile device for handling equipment and for mounting ahead of a self-propelled vehicle on a front bumper thereof, said device including an articulated boom, a boom support extending horizontally away from said front bumper, said boom being mounted at a front end of said boom support, and means for fixing said boom support to said vehicle through said bumper, and said equipment being mounted at the end of said articulated boom to be raised or lowered by said articulated boom, said boom support comprising a vertical shaft provided at an inner end of said boom support, said shaft arranged to cause articulation of said boom support about a vertical axis defined by said vertical shaft, a hydraulically operable slidable rack disposed in said boom support at the inner end thereof and a pinion fixedly mounted on said vertical shaft, said slidable rack engaged with said pinion to rotate same and thereby cause rotation of said shaft and articulation of said boom support about said shaft, and first hydraulic means to cause said articulation of said boom support.