Patents by Inventor Adriano Brondetta

Adriano Brondetta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle operable as both a lifting machine and an agricultural tractor
    Patent number: 6390764
    Abstract: A vehicle designed to be operated either as a lifting machine or as an agricultural tractor, comprising a bearing structure with motor-driven wheels, a control and driving cab, a telescopically extendable and retractable lifting boom arranged on one side of the control and driving cab and swingable relative to the bearing structure around a transverse axis located at the front end of the lifting boom, whose rear end carries a three-point hitch for agricultural implements to be operated by a rear power take-off. The lifting boom itself provides a power-lift for agricultural implements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Merlo SpA Industria Metalmeccanica
    Inventors: Amilcare Merlo, Renato Galfre′, Adriano Brondetta