Patents by Inventor Curtis W. Vosberg

Curtis W. Vosberg 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).

  • Patent number: 6116007
    Abstract: A rotary mower is mounted onto a skid steer loader through a four bar linkage on each side of a mower housing. The linkage is arranged to pivot relative to a mounting bracket on the skid steer loader and relative to a mower housing, with differential lengths between upper and lower sets of links of the four bar linkage. The upper link on each side of the mower is slidably connected to the mower housing to permit the mower housing to pivot a limited amount about a traverse axis during normal operation. The links include stop members that engage when the mower is raised a selected amount to stop relative movement between the links and also to shut off power to the motor driving the mower. The forward end of the housing has depending chains mounted with a channel and providing a shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Dean A. Eggena, Verne C. Watts, Charles Deyo, Curtis W. Vosberg, Wally L. Kaczmarski
  • Patent number: 5033214
    Abstract: A system for removably mounting a trenching attachment to hook and eye mounts on an end of a power unit. The trenching attachment includes a mounting frame having hook-engaging shafts and eye-engaging pins, a head drive assembly, a trenching boom assembly pivotally mounted to the head drive assembly, and a hydraulic boom cylinder for raising and lowering the boom assembly with respect to the mounting frame. With the boom assembly supported in a three-point stance adjacent the power unit, the cylinder is actuated in a first direction to rotate the mounting frame with respect to the boom assembly, and engage the shafts with the mounting frame hooks. Further actuation of the cylinder in the first direction rotates the mounting frames with respect to the boom assembly and power unit until the mounting frame pins are adjacent the mount eyes. A grease cylinder on the mounting frame is actuated to extend the pins and engage the mount eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Wally L. Kaczmarski, Verne W. Watts, Orlan J. Lorass, Curtis W. Vosberg, Joseph M. Mather
  • Patent number: 4987689
    Abstract: A system for removably mounting a trenching attachment to hook and eye mounts on an end of a power unit. The trenching attachment includes a mounting frame having hook-engaging shafts and eye-engaging pins, a head drive assembly, a trenching boom assembly pivotally mounted to the head drive assembly, and a hydraulic boom cylinder for raising and lowering the boom assembly with respect to the mounting frame. With the boom assembly supported in a three-point stance adjacent the power unit, the cylinder is actuated in a first direction to rotate the mounting frame with respect to the boom assembly, and engage the shafts with the mounting frame hooks. Further actuation of the cylinder in the first direction rotates the mounting frame with respect to the boom assembly and power unit until the mounting frame pins are adjacent the mount eyes. A grease cylinder on the mounting frame is actuated to extend the pins and engage the mount eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Wally L. Kaczmarski, Verne W. Watts, Orlan J. Loraas, Curtis W. Vosberg, Joseph M. Mather