Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle
Patent
1997-12-18
2000-03-14
Gordon, Stephen T.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Particular article accommodation
Wheeled vehicle
410 2, 410 3, 410 4, B60P 708
Patent
active
060364173
ABSTRACT:
A stabilizing arm for stabilizing and securing an all-terrain vehicle in the bed of a pickup truck, which stabilizing arm includes in a preferred adjustable embodiment, a support typically selectively pivotally or rotatably and slidably disposed in a support sleeve mounted on a drawbar typically fitted to a conventional truck trailer hitch. A support arm projects from the top end of the support and terminates in a fixed or pivotable ball coupler designed to couple to an ATV ball attached to the all-terrain vehicle. In a preferred embodiment a clamp is threaded in the typically box tubing support sleeve and selectively engages the box tubing support for securing the support in non-sliding relationship with respect to the support sleeve. A cylindrical support leg is secured to the bottom end of the support to facilitate uncoupling the ball coupler from the ATV ball, lifting the support in the support sleeve upon loosening the clamp, aligning the cylindrical support leg with the support sleeve and pivoting or rotating and lowering the support and support arm into a position below the plane of the truck bed and allow loading and unloading the all-terrain vehicle. In a non-adjustable embodiment, the stabilizing arm includes a support, support arm and drawbar that are fixed with respect to each other.
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Gordon Stephen T.
Harrison John M.
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