Material or article handling – Traversing hoist type – Tow truck type
Patent
1987-03-13
1988-10-18
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Traversing hoist type
Tow truck type
280402, B60P 312
Patent
active
047783338
ABSTRACT:
A towing apparatus having a wheel lift assembly, a bumper assembly, a boom assembly and a sheave assembly, all of which may be utilized independently. The wheel lift assembly includes a pair of wheel cradles for receiving the wheels of a disabled vehicle. The wheel lift assembly has a horizontal towing position but the assembly is selectively pivoted into a folded highway position. The bumper assembly has a pair of bumper members, each attached to a support arm that is fixed to a vertically movable upright member at a separate pivot. The bumper assembly may be used to bumper tow a disabled vehicle. The bumper members are selectively detachable for folding the bumper assembly in a highway position. The boom assembly includes a pair of boom arms that are caused to be moved vertically in conjunction with the upright member. Each boom arm is attached at a separate pivot and, like the wheel lift assembly and the bumper assembly, the boom assembly includes members which are selectively elongatable. The sheave assembly is fixed atop the upright member and includes a pulley for receipt of a winch cable. The present invention further includes a pair of hydraulically extendable stabilizer wheels for the elimination of light front ends normally associated with the towing of heavy loads.
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Youmans Audrey L.
Youmans Gordon D.
Bucci David A.
Schneck Thomas
Spar Robert J.
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