US 11,849,667 B2
Magnetic panel for utility vehicle
Jeffrey J. Moore, Beatrice, NE (US); Kyler J. Macy, Minneapolis, KS (US); Michael S. Fredenburg, Hickman, NE (US); Derek L. Dragoo, Clatonia, NE (US); and Jonathan S. Guarneri, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED, Beatrice, NE (US)
Filed by EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED, Beatrice, NE (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/295,305, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210047 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/001 (2013.01) [A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility vehicle comprising:
a frame carrying a prime mover;
ground engaging members operatively attached to the frame, wherein at least one of the ground engaging members is powered by the prime mover to propel the frame over a ground surface;
a panel extending between a first end region and a second end region, wherein the first end region of the panel is operatively coupled to the frame such that the panel is both movably and removably attached to the frame, wherein the panel defines an outer surface, and an inner surface adapted to face a portion of the frame when the panel is coupled to the frame; and
one or more magnets positioned between the portion of the frame and the inner surface of the panel proximate the second end region of the panel such that the second end region of the panel is adapted to be removably couplable to the frame via the one or more magnets.