Patent ID: 6916142
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A motorized utility vehicle for removably mounting a plurality of different types of equipment, at least one of the types of equipment having a shape different from a shape of another one of the types of equipment, the motorized utility vehicle comprising: a support frame; an engine supported by the support frame; a multi-purpose platform pivotally mounted to the support frame, the multi-purpose platform having a plurality of different equipment mounts, at least one of the equipment mounts having a different shape, one of the equipment mounts connectable to one of the types of equipment and another one of the equipment mounts connectable to another one of the types of equipment; at least one platform lifting mechanism having a first end and a second end, the first end operatively coupled to the support frame and the second end operatively coupled to the multi-purpose platform; and at least one control device supported by the support frame, the control device operatively coupled to the platform lifting mechanism, the control device operable to cause the platform lifting mechanism to move the multi-purpose platform between: (a) a first position where the multi-purpose platform covers at least a portion of the engine; and (b) a second position where said portion of the engine is exposed.