Material or article handling – Traversing hoist type – Tow truck type
Patent
1995-12-28
1998-02-10
Keenan, James W.
Material or article handling
Traversing hoist type
Tow truck type
B60P 312
Patent
active
057161887
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a towing apparatus for towing a disabled automobile. The towing apparatus includes an elongated boom having at each end portion a large rectangular aperture. A generally L-shaped wheel support member is also provided, having an elongated arm and a transverse wheel retainer forming an arcuate sheet. The cross-sectional width of the wheel support arm is substantially smaller than the width of the enlarged aperture of the elongated boom, so that the wheel support arm be freely engageable transversely through the boom enlarged aperture and freely slidable lengthwisely of the arm. An anchor member releasably anchors the wheel support arm orthogonally to the boom. The anchor member includes another wheel retainer, so that opposite lower sides of the disabled car wheel tire tread be taken in sandwich therebetween, thus positively locking the wheel to the towing apparatus.
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