Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Standing
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-19
2001-08-28
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Standing
C296S077100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06279986
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a protected personal enclosure for a yard tractor or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Current yard tractors and the like are open to the elements. At best they are equipped with a shade that provides some protection against the suns rays for the occupant of the tractor. Such a sun shade however does not provide any protection against air borne dust, pollen and other allergens, insects, and particles that may be kicked up by the tractor during yard cutting. There is therefore a need for protective enclosure which would protect the operator of the tractor against these air borne elements. There is also a need to provide a means to easily install and remove such an enclosure on a tractor, without requiring any modification, drilling or cutting or any of the tractor components. As well, attachment means should be able to mount the enclosure on virtually any lawn tractor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide an improved enclosure for a yard tractor or the like, to protect an operator from insects and other airborne objects. It is a further object to provide an enclosure which may be easily fastened to a variety of commercially available lawn tractors without drilling or other permanent modifications of the tractor.
In one aspect of the invention, a protective personal enclosure for a yard tractor or the like comprises an enclosure having a substantially rigid upper frame, a vertically oriented frame spacing the upper frame from the tractor, a protective material disposed over the upper frame and extending downwardly and means to secure the protective material to the tractor and/or the upper frame and/or the vertically oriented frame.
In another aspect, the vertically oriented frame includes means for releasably securing the enclosure to a tractor. The securing means comprises a hook means for engagement with a component of the tractor and a retractable fastening means for fastening the hook means to the lower frame of the enclosure. The hook means may be initially loosely engaged with a component of the tractor and then tightly fastened to the tractor component by retracting the hook means against the vertically oriented frame via the retraction means. In one version, the retraction means comprises a threaded rod fastened to the hook means and extending through an aperture within the vertically oriented frame. A nut or other internally threaded member on the threaded rod tightens the hook means against the frame.
Having thus generally described the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiments.
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Hinspergers Poly Industries Ltd.
McFadden Fincham
Pape Joseph D.
Patel Kiran B.
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