| US 7,549,693 B2 | ||
| Tractor | ||
| Junko Shibaoka, Osaka (Japan); Kunihiko Matsumoto, Osaka (Japan); Toshikazu Matsubayashi, Osaka (Japan); and Naoki Yamamoto, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yanmar Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 23, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/877,445. | ||
| Application 11/877445 is a continuation of application No. 11/816700, previously published as PCT/JP2006/325778, filed on Dec. 25, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-378667 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2005; application No. 2006-045397 (JP), filed on Feb. 22, 2006; and application No. 2006-232729 (JP), filed on Aug. 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0272610 A1, Nov. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60N 3/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—71 [296/1.02] | 5 Claims |
| 1. An assist grip of a tractor for supporting a weight of a driver getting on/off an operation section of the tractor, the
assist grip comprising:
an arched member having two upwardly extending portions and a horizontally extending portion, each of the upwardly extending
portions having bottom portions disposed on a dashboard in front of a steering wheel,
wherein the upwardly extending portions extend upwardly towards the horizontally extending portion, which extends between
the upwardly extending portions so that the arched member has a substantially vertically reversed U-shape when viewed from
the front, and
wherein the horizontally extending portion of the arched member is formed at a lateral center portion of the arched member
into an arch-shape when viewed in plan, said arch-shape lying in a horizontal plane so as to space the assist grip from the
steering wheel.
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