US 11,991,959 B2
Work implement, work vehicle and method
William Schierschmidt, Chattanooga, TN (US); Miteshkumar Patel, Hixson, TN (US); and Andre Lacoursiere, Trois-Rivers (CA)
Assigned to KOMATSU AMERICA CORP., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by Komatsu America Corp., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/005,437.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,160, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0092914 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 23/091 (2006.01); A01G 23/081 (2006.01); E02F 3/36 (2006.01); E02F 3/96 (2006.01); E02F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 23/091 (2013.01) [A01G 23/081 (2013.01); E02F 3/369 (2013.01); E02F 3/963 (2013.01); E02F 9/003 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work implement comprising:
a boom including a chassis attachment end and an arm attachment end;
an arm including a boom attachment end and a tool attachment end, the boom attachment end being pivotally coupled to the arm attachment end of the boom; and
a work tool coupled to the tool attachment end of the arm,
the arm including a first portion and a second portion movably coupled to the first portion between a first orientation with respect to the first portion and a second orientation with respect to the first portion, the first portion is a first arm portion having the boom attachment end and the second portion is a second arm portion having the tool attachment end, and
at least one fastener being coupled between the first and second portions to selectively secure the second portion in the first orientation and the second orientation with respect to the first portion.