Land vehicles – Wheeled – With worker's support or shade
Patent
1994-07-26
1995-12-05
Ballato, Josie A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
With worker's support or shade
188 5, B25H 500
Patent
active
054722195
ABSTRACT:
An automotive creeper structure for an automotive mechanic to facilitate repairs to disabled vehicle including a creeper frame, a pad structure on the frame, swivel-like mounted casters secured to the frame to effectuate movement of the creeper structure. Parallel camming bars positioned on opposite sides of the pad structure, vertically movable creeper brake shoes mounted on the creeper frame for ground engagement. Structure is independently connected to each of the parallel camming bars and connected to an associated one of the vertically movable creeper brake shoes for causing an associated one of the vertically movable creeper brake shoes to move into braking contact with a ground surface underlying the creeper frame. The present invention also provides for a pair of individually hand operated handles supported on the creeper frame for individually and independently actuating an associated one of the vertically movable creeper brake shoes causing the associated one of the shoes to move up into a storage position and down into a ground engagement position for use by the mechanic.
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Ballato Josie A.
Meroni, Jr. Charles F.
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