Bobcat Compact Loader Inventors Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Cyril and Louis Keller, the brothers who invented the world’s first compact loader (later named the Bobcat® skid-steer loader), have formally been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF).
- Cyril and Louis Keller, the brothers who invented the world’s first compact loader (later named the Bobcat® skid-steer loader), have formally been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF).
- “The ingenuity of the Keller brothers spurred the compact equipment industry,” said Mike Ballweber, president, Doosan Bobcat North America.
- The 2023 National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held Oct. 26 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., where the new Inductee class was honored for its contributions to society.
- To improve the design of the loader, a second set of drive wheels was added to the back of the loader in 1960.