US 10,894,500 B1 · Recovery unit for recovering vehicles

Abstract

A recovery system for recovering wrecked vehicles in difficult-to-access locations generally includes a frame, a front plate, a rear plate with a mounting system for mounting the recovery system to an operating vehicle, a guide shaft and guide wheel, a boom assembly, a horse head assembly mounted in a cable sleeve in a pivot end of the boom assembly, a winch, and a cable running from the winch over and along the boom and through the horse head assembly. The horse head assembly generally includes a clevis, a clevis pin, a sheave wheel, and a cable guide. The clevis preferably rotates within the cable sleeve with respect to the boom assembly, the cable guide preferably pivots on top of the boom assembly, and the sheave wheel and cable guide preferably freely rotate on the clevis pin and preferably translate along the clevis pin.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle recovery unit for use with an operating vehicle, the vehicle recovery unit comprising:

a frame having a front plate and a rear plate;
a mounting system coupled to the frame, the mounting system being configured for releasable attachment to the operating vehicle;
a boom assembly having a boom, a rearward end, and a forward end, the rearward end being coupled to the frame and the forward end extending beyond the front plate of the frame;
a pivoting horse head assembly coupled to the forward end of the boom assembly;
a winch carried by the frame below the boom;
and
a cable wound upon the winch, the cable extending from the winch, along the boom assembly, and through the pivoting horse head assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Recovery unit for recovering vehicles

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Recovery unit for recovering vehicles

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Abstract

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