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US 10,744,047 B2Granted
Door mounted lift assist device
OwnerBrooke B. Patteeinventor
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Abstract
A lift assist device employs a striker pin assembly having a striker pin adapted for removable insertion into a striker on a door of a vehicle and a pivot tube. A lift assembly has an actuator boss and a pivot pin connected to the actuator boss with the pivot pin removably received in the pivot tube. A telescoping support arm depends from the actuator boss and a seat is attached to a terminal end of the telescoping support arm.
Claims17
A lift assist device comprising:
- a striker pin assembly having a striker pin adapted for removable insertion into a striker on a door of a vehicle and a pivot tube;
- a lift assembly having
- an actuator boss;
- a pivot pin connected to the actuator boss, said pivot pin removably received in the pivot tube;
- a telescoping support arm depending from the actuator boss;
- and
- a seat attached to a terminal end of the telescoping support arm.
4 more elements
A door attachment mechanism for a lift assembly, said mechanism comprising:
- a striker pin assembly having a striker pin adapted for removable insertion into a striker on a door of a vehicle and a pivot tube;
- and,
- a striker housing having a receiver with insert slots, a top flange and a bottom flange, said receiver removably inserted over the striker, the top flange adapted for insertion of the striker pin through the top flange and striker into an alignment channel in a positioning leg of the striker housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.