Positioning system
OwnerOliver Wendell McCrackeninventor
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Abstract
A positioning system for attachment to a vehicle for operation of a power tool by a ground-based operator sitting in the vehicle provides a telescoping mast attached to the vehicle, a pivot bracket connecting an upper arm to the upper portion of the telescoping mast, mounting means for mounting the power tool on the upper arm; and power means for operating the power tool from the operator's position in the vehicle.
Claims20
A positioning system for attachment to a vehicle for operation of a power tool by a ground-based operator sitting in the vehicle, the positioning system comprising:
- a telescoping mast having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- attachment means for attaching the lower portion of the telescoping mast to the vehicle;
- a pivot bracket connecting an upper arm to the upper portion of the telescoping mast, the upper arm having a proximate end adjacent the pivot bracket and a distal end distal from the pivot bracket;
- mounting means for mounting the power tool to the distal end of the upper arm;
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- power means for operating the power tool from the operator's position in the vehicle.
A positioning system for attachment to a vehicle for operation of a power tool by a ground-based operator sitting in the vehicle, the positioning system comprising:
- a four-point linkage consisting of a horizontal base attached to the vehicle, a horizontal top, two parallel vertical members, each parallel vertical member pivotally attached at one end to the horizontal base and pivotally attached at the other end to the horizontal top;
- a telescoping mast having an upper end portion and a lower end portion, wherein the lower end portion is attached to the horizontal top;
- a pivot bracket connecting an upper arm to the upper end portion of the telescoping mast, the upper arm having a proximate end adjacent the pivot bracket and a distal end distal from the pivot bracket;
- mounting means for attaching a power tool to the distal end portion of the upper arm;
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- power means for operating the power tool from the operator's position in the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.