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US 2016/0023614 A1Published application
Vehicle mounted lift assembly
AssigneeNewage Products, Inc.
InventorDavid L. LeAnna
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Abstract
A lift assembly connects to a receiver hitch and utilizes a plurality of parallel arms connecting a vertical mounting post to a center support in a lift frame that is raised and lowered by the lift assembly. The lift assembly is configured so that the parallel arms rotate from vertical to an inclined angle as the lift frame is lowered, but the arms do not extend below the horizontal as they extend rearward from the mounting post.
Claims17
1-22. (canceled)
A lift assembly for a vehicle having a hitch receiver, said assembly comprising:
- a mounting portion having a top and a bottom with said mounting portion adapted for attachment to the hitch receiver of the vehicle;
- a lift frame coupled to said mounting portion and having a center support member defining a channel with said lift frame defining a forward plane;
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- first parallel arms having first bottom ends fastened to said bottom of said mounting portion, and having first opposite ends fastened to said center support member of said lift frame such that said first parallel arms extend in a nearly vertical orientation when said lift frame is in a raised position and extend rearward outward from said mounting portion in an upward orientation when said lift frame is in a lowered position;
- wherein said first parallel arms and a portion of said mounting portion are aligned in a vertical orientation about one another and are received within said channel of said center support member rearward of said forward plane when said lift frame is in said raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.