Patent ID: 6942041

Claim:
In combination with an assembly of parts forming a major portion of a standard, high crop agricultural tractor and including a chassis defined by a main longitudinally extending frame supported on a pair of steerable front wheels, as considered in a normal forward direction of travel, mounted to opposite ends of a front axle coupled to a front end of said frame, and on a pair of drivable rear wheels mounted to opposite ends of a rear axle including an axle housing coupled to a rear end of said frame, said rear axle being defined in part by a differential assembly including a housing containing differential gearing coupled for transmitting torque to said rear drive wheels delivered from an engine located in a forward region of said chassis and coupled for driving a main transmission extending between the engine and said differential assembly, a cab mounting structure fixed to said chassis and to said rear axle housing, structure for use in combination with said assembly of parts for constructing a self-propelled agricultural vehicle, which normally operates in a direction opposite to said normal forward direction, comprising: a cab adapter module mounted to said cab mounting structure so as to occupy a region behind said engine and over said transmission and differential assembly; and a cab, which would face in said normal forward direction of travel if mounted directly to said cab mounting structure, being mounted to said cab adapter module and facing in a direction opposite said normal forward direction of travel.