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US 12,228,156 B2Granted
Quick connect vehicle attachment
AssigneeStratos Meccanica LLC
InventorsRobert D. McKeirnan, Jr., Arthur Bagumyan, Brandon Keenan
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Abstract
The quick connect vehicle attachment as disclosed herein generally includes a bayonet lug having a series of threads that engage a tow hook boss on one end and a locking pin protruding out opposite sides of an interface shoulder on another end for select slide-in reception into a bayonet housing and along a cam slot for locking engagement therewith in a pair of slotted receptacles under a spring-biased preload.
Claims22
A quick connect vehicle attachment, comprising:
- a bayonet lug having at least one locking pin radially outwardly extending therefrom at a first end and a series of threads for engagement with a commensurately threaded tow hook boss of a vehicle at a second end opposite the first end;
- a bayonet housing having a coaxial central bore of a size and shape for select reception of the first end of the bayonet lug in a first side thereof and including at least one circumferential cam slot therein externally accessible from a lip thereof, the at least one cam slot being circumferentially enclosed by an elongated bayonet lip defined by an outer surface of the bayonet housing and having a size and shape for select slide-in reception of the at least one locking pin of the bayonet lug, and an alignment block coupled to a second side of the bayonet housing;
- a tilt plate including a pair of outwardly projecting and generally parallel flanges each having at least one slot formed therein having a size and shape for slotted reception of a fastener that extends therethrough and couples with the alignment block;
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- a lock disposed within the bayonet housing which prevents rotation of the bayonet lug and retains the bayonet lug relative to the bayonet housing when the at least one locking pin of the bayonet lug is slidably engaged with the at least one cam slot of the bayonet housing and rotated therein to a locked position within the cam slot.
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A quick disconnect vehicle attachment, comprising:
- a bayonet housing having a coaxial central bore formed from a first end thereof, the central bore having a size and shape for select sliding engagement with a bayonet lug;
- a pair of circumferential cam slots formed from the central bore and externally accessible from a lip thereof, the pair of cam slots being circumferentially enclosed by an elongated bayonet lip defined by an outer surface of the bayonet housing and having a size and shape for select slide-in reception of a commensurate pair of locking pins outwardly extending from the bayonet lug, and an alignment block coupled to a second end of the bayonet housing opposite the first end;
- a lock carried by the bayonet housing for releasably securing the bayonet housing relative to the bayonet lug when in a locked position and permitting the bayonet housing to move relative to the bayonet lug when in an unlocked position;
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- a tilt plate including a pair of outwardly projecting and generally parallel flanges each having at least one slot formed therein having a size and shape for slotted reception of a fastener that extends therethrough and couples with the alignment block.
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A quick connect vehicle attachment, comprising:
- a bayonet lug having a locking pin radially outwardly extending therefrom at a first end, and a series of threads for engagement with a commensurately threaded tow hook boss of a vehicle at a second end opposite the first end;
- a bayonet housing having a coaxial central bore sized and shaped for reception of the first end of the bayonet lug in a front side thereof, the central bore including a circumferential cam slot therein externally accessible from a lip thereof, the cam slot being circumferentially enclosed by an elongated bayonet lip defined by an outer surface of the bayonet housing and having a size and shape for select reception of the locking pin therein, and an alignment block coupled to a backside of the bayonet housing;
- a tilt plate having a pair of outwardly projecting and generally parallel flanges each having at least one slot formed therein having a size and shape for slotted reception of a fastener that extends therethrough and couples with the alignment block;
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- a lock disposed within the bayonet housing which prevents rotation of the bayonet lug and retains the bayonet lug relative to the bayonet housing when the locking pin of the bayonet lug is slidably engaged with the cam slot of the bayonet housing and rotated therein to a locked position within the cam slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.