Patents Examined by Donald W. Underwod
  • 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 Galfreā€², Adriano Brondetta