Front end loaders

Claim 1

IN A FRONT END LOADER OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE OF THE TYPE HAVING A A BODY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MATERIAL THEREDIN AND HAVING IN FRONT OF THE BODY AN OPERATOR''S CAB WITH WHEELS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF NEAR THE FRONT END THEREOF, OF A LOADING MECHANISM COMPRISING A PAIR OF RIGID LIFTING ARMS EACH HAVING A RIGID END PORTION PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE FOR SWINGING MOVEMENTS ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS LOCATED REARWARDLY OF SAID CAB, AND EACH ARM HAVING A SEPARATE END PORTION RIGID WITH THE FIRSTMENTIONED END PORTION AND SPACED FROM SAID PIVOTAL MOUNTING ON THE VEHICLE, MEANS FOR SWINGING SAID LIFTING ARMS ABOUT SAID AXIS BETWEEN A LOWERED POSITION IN WHICH SAID LAST-MENTIONED END PORTION OF SAID ARMS EXTEND FORWARDLY TO A LOCATION BELOW THE TOPS OF SAID WHEELS AND IN FRONT OF SAID CAB AND A RAISED POSITION IN WHICH SAID LAST-MENTIONED END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS EXTEND UPWARDLY TO A LOCATION NEAR THE TOP OF SAID BODY, EACH OF SAID ARMS BEING OF A RIGID ANGULAR CONFIGURATION SUCH THAT, IN ITS LOWERED POSITION, IT EXTENDS OVER THE TOP OF THE ADJACENT WHEEL AND ITS FRONT END PORTION EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY TO SAID LOCATION BELOW THE TOP OF THE WHEEL AND IN FRONT OF THE CAB, MEANS ON THE FRONT PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS FOR DETACHABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH A CONTAINER TO LIFT THE CONTAINER UPON SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS AND DUMP THE CONTENTS THEREFROM INTO SAID BODY, AND RIGID MEANS ON THE FRONT END PORTIONS OF THE ARMS FOR TRANSMITTING THE IMPACT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTAINER TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE.