Automatic wheel grid
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsBradley S. Kresge, Todd Werner
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Abstract
A wheel grid includes a crossbar configured to be coupled to a main boom of a wheel lift tow vehicle and a first L-arm rotatably coupled to the crossbar at a first pivot point. The first L-arm includes a first extension member and a first wheel brace member. The first wheel brace member is configured to engage a first tire of a towed vehicle when the first L-arm is in an engaged position. The wheel grid further includes a first crossbar end coupled to a first side of the crossbar. The first L-arm is configured to rotate from the engaged position into a stowed position in which the first wheel brace member contacts and displaces the first crossbar end.
Claims16
A wheel grid comprising:
- a crossbar configured to be coupled to a main boom of a wheel lift tow vehicle;
- a first L-arm rotatably coupled to the crossbar at a first pivot point, the first L-arm comprising a first extension member and a first wheel brace member, the first wheel brace member configured to engage a first tire of a towed vehicle when the first L-arm is in an engaged position;
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- a first crossbar end coupled to a first side of the crossbar,
- wherein the first L-arm is configured to rotate from the engaged position into a stowed position in which the first wheel brace member contacts and displaces the first crossbar end.
A wheel grid comprising:
- a crossbar configured to be coupled to a tow vehicle;
- a wheel engagement member rotatably coupled to the crossbar;
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- a wheel support coupled to the crossbar, the wheel support and the wheel engagement member configured to cooperatively engage a tire of a towed vehicle when the wheel engagement member is in a first position,
- wherein the wheel engagement member is configured to rotate from the first position into a second position, the rotation causing the wheel support to move from a third position to a fourth position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.