Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-17
2001-09-04
Boehler, Anne Marie (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
C280S482000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283490
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to vehicle towing bar assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new vehicle towing bar assembly for providing a user with a towing bar that can be easily used by anyone to tow a vehicle to safety.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of vehicle towing bar assemblies is known in the prior art. More specifically, vehicle towing bar assemblies heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,112,074; 4,047,734; 4,958,847; 2,550,561; 2,448,311; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 331,899.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new vehicle towing bar assembly. The inventive device includes a vehicle towing bar assembly, which includes a central tow bar member, a pair of outer tow bar members couplable to the central tow bar member, and a pair of eye link members. Each eye link member is coupled to a distal end of an associated one of the outer tow bar members. The eye links are designed for engagement to a tow ring of a vehicle. In an embodiment designed for use with a car the central tow bar member includes two coaxial tubes. In an embodiment designed for use with a truck, the central tow bar member includes a medial offset portion and two extension members.
In these respects, the vehicle towing bar assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a user with a towing bar that can be easily used by anyone to tow a vehicle to safety.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of vehicle towing bar assemblies now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new vehicle towing bar assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a user with a towing bar that can be easily used by anyone to tow a vehicle to safety.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the vehicle towing bar assemblies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new vehicle towing bar assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art vehicle towing bar assemblies, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a vehicle towing bar assembly, which includes a central tow bar member, a pair of outer tow bar members couplable to the central tow bar member, and a pair of eye link members. Each eye link member is coupled to a distal end of an associated one of the outer tow bar members. The eye links are designed for engagement to a tow ring of a vehicle. In an embodiment designed for use with a car the central tow bar member includes two coaxial tubes. In an embodiment designed for use with a truck, the central tow bar member includes a medial offset portion and a pair of extension members.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the vehicle towing bar assemblies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new vehicle towing bar assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art vehicle towing bar assemblies, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly that is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such vehicle towing bar assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly for providing a user with a towing bar that can be easily used by anyone to tow a vehicle to safety.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly which includes a vehicle towing bar assembly, which includes a central tow bar member. A pair of outer tow bar members couplable to the central tow bar member and a pair of eye link members. Each eye link member is coupled to a distal end of an associated one of the outer tow bar members. The eye links are designed for engagement to a tow ring of a vehicle. In an embodiment designed for use with a car the central tow bar member includes two coaxial tubes. In an embodiment designed for use with a truck, the central tow bar member includes a medial offset portion.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly that is telescopic to allow a user to set the desired hook-up length for towage or storage into the vehicle trunk.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle towing bar assembly that eliminates the hassle and expense of tow cost and waiting time.
These together with other
Ruzza Maria
Sciannanteno Grazia
Sciannanteno Pasquale
Sciannanteno Pietro
Boehler Anne Marie
Lerner Avraham H.
Sciannanteno Grazia
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