US 7,320,380 B2
Swiveling utility machine having swivel deck
Masaaki Ueda, Sakai (Japan); Junichi Fujiwara, Osaka (Japan); and Sakae Sugahara, Kawachinagano (Japan)
Assigned to Kubota Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/945,557.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-97033 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2004; application No. 2004-97034 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2004; and application No. 2004-097035 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0210718 A1, Sep. 29, 2005
Int. Cl. B62D 33/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 180—327  [296/190.08] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swiveling utility machine having a swivel deck comprising:
a support frame disposed at a rear portion of the swivel deck in such a manner as to create a rectangular space on the swivel deck;
an engine mounted within the rectangular space;
a driver seat disposed upwardly of the support frame;
a radiator disposed adjacent the engine;
a right implement controller secured to a right side of the support frame;
a left implement controller attached to a left side of the support frame to be switchable in its posture between an operational posture and a retracted posture;
an access step disposed at a front portion of the support frame;
an access entrance provided on a left side of the access step, and
wherein a fixed cover is attached to a front face of the support frame, a side cover for covering the radiator is attached to the left side of the support frame and a front face of the side cover, a front face of the fixed cover and a front face of the left implement controller at its retracted posture are arranged side by side substantially in a same plane.