Height extender for use in connection with an apparatus for repairing and straightening

In an apparatus for repairing and straightening the body and frame of a wheeled vehicle including structure for receiving counterforces from the vehicle resulting from the application of the repair force to the vehicle, with the structure including an upright member having a top, the improvement comprising a height extender removably positioned on the upright member comprising, in combination:

• means for abutting with the vehicle and for receiving a counterforce therefrom;
• means slideably received on the upright member for transferring counterforces to the upright member;
• means for connecting the abutting means with the counterforce transferring means and for vertically spacing the abutting means from the counterforce transferring means, with the connecting means being spaced from the upright member for preventing counterforces from being transferred from the connecting means directly to the upright member and with the transference of all counterforces to the upright member being by the counterforce transferring means adjacent to the structure for receiving counterforces to avoid an undue amount of cantilever type counterforce into the structure or the upright member;
• and means for allowing the multi-level positioning of the height extender in relation to the upright member comprising, in combination:
• a pin;
• and means for positioning the pin at multitudinous locations spaced from the counterforce transferring means for abutting with the top of the upright member when the upright member is slideably received in the counterforce transferring means.

In an apparatus for repairing and straightening the body and frame of a wheeled vehicle including structure for receiving counterforces from the vehicle resulting from the application of the repair force to the vehicle, with the structure including an upright member, the improvement comprising a height extender removably positioned on the upright member comprising, in combination:

• means for abutting with the vehicle and for receiving a counterforce therefrom;
• means received on the upright member for transferring counterforces to the upright member, with the counterforce transferring means having a top end;
• means for connecting the abutting means with the counterforce transferring means and for vertically spacing the abutting means from the counterforce transferring means, with the connecting means being spaced from the upright member for preventing counterforces from being transferred from the connecting means directly to the upright member and with the transference of all counterforces to the upright member being by the counterforce transferring means adjacent to the structure for receiving counterforces to avoid an undue amount of cantilever type counterforce into the structure or the upright member;
• and means attached to the top end of the counterforce transferring means and to the connecting means for bracing the connecting means for insuring that the connecting means remains spaced from the upright member and does not contact the upright member at all times when a counterforce is transferred from the vehicle to the upright member by the height extender.

In an apparatus for repairing and straightening the body and frame of a wheeled vehicle including structure for receiving counterforces from the vehicle resulting from the application of the repair force to the vehicle, with the structure including an upright member, the improvement comprising a height extender removably positioned on the upright member comprising, in combination:

• means for abutting with the vehicle and for receiving a counterforce therefrom;
• means received on the upright member for transferring counterforces to the upright member;
• means for connecting the abutting means with the counterforce transferring means and for vertically spacing the abutting means from the counterforce transferring means, with the connecting means being spaced from the upright member for preventing counterforces from being transferred from the connecting means directly to the upright member and with the transference of all counterforces to the upright member being by the counterforce transferring means adjacent to the structure for receiving counterforces to avoid an undue amount of cantilever type counterforce into the structure or the upright member, wherein the counterforce transferring means is slideably mounted on the upright member and comprises, in combination:
• a sleeve member having an outside surface, a top end, a bottom end, and an inside surface defining an aperture passing therethrough, wherein the connecting means comprises, in combination:
• an elongated bar member connected to the abutting means and the counterforce transferring means;
• means for allowing the multi-level positioning of the height extender in relation to the upright member;
• and means for bracing the connecting means for insuring that the connecting means remains spaced from the upright member and does not contact the upright member at all times when a counterforce is transferred from the vehicle to the upright member by the height extender comprising, in combination:
• first and second elongated bracing members having top and bottom ends, first and second edges, and inside and outside surfaces, with the bottom ends of the bracing members being attached to the counterforce transferring means and with the first edges of the bracing members being attached to the connected means.