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US 4,302,026 AGranted
Cable for towing vehicles
OwnerMelvin J. Hermaninventor
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Abstract
A cable for towing vehicles comprises a cable device having ends adaptably secured to respective vehicles. A magnetic apparatus is operatively associated with the cable device for selectively connecting and disconnecting the cable device to the vehicles.
Claims5
A cable device for towing vehicles comprising:
- cable means being electrically conductive, a pair of electromagnets one each being securely disposed at opposite ends of said cable, and each electromagnet being formed so as to contact a metal portion of the body of a respective vehicle;
- an electrical wire being electrically connected to said cable and being disposed between said electromagnetics;
- and power source means to connect said wire to a source of power, whereby when the power is generated, both electromagnetics are held at the same time to respective vehicles for the towing of one vehicle by the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.