Patent ID: 8459927

Claim:
A skid steer loader comprising: a frame; an operator compartment attached to the frame; lift assemblies including lift actuators movably mounted to the frame, the lift assemblies being movable between a retracted position and an extended position; joining plates rigidly coupled to the lift assemblies; first links pivotally coupled to the frame proximate a rear wall of the operator compartment and pivotally coupled to the joining plates at or near a rear of the joining plates; and second links pivotally coupled to the frame proximate the rear wall of the operator compartment and pivotally coupled between the joining plates and the first links when the lift actuator is fully retracted; the lift actuators pivotally coupled to the frame proximate the rear wall of the operator compartment and pivotally coupled to the joining plates above and forward of the pivotal coupling between the joining plates and the second links when the lift actuators are fully retracted; wherein as the lift assemblies are moved between the retracted position and the extended position, the joining plates, the first links and the second links are positioned behind the rear wall of the operator compartment, the lift actuators being adapted to extend between a first position and a second position, and as the actuators are moved to the second position, the lift assemblies are moved to the extended position.