Vehicle securing device for frame straightening and repairing apparatus
OwnerAllan H. Clauseninventor
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Abstract
A device is provided for removably and adjustably securing a vehicle to a slotted support surface of a vehicle frame straightening apparatus. The device can comprise base plate having elongated rotatable restraining members for adjustably securing the base plate to the support surface along a first axis and frame attachment means such as a clamp that is adjustable along a second perpendicular axis. The clamp is used to grip a portion of the vehicle frame.
Claims10
A device for securing a vehicle having a frame to a support surface of a vehicle frame straightening apparatus wherein the support surface includes an elongated opening therethrough having an elongate axis that defines a first axis of the support surface, the device comprising
- (a) a base plate comprising two holes therethrough;
- (b) two restraining assemblies each rotatably carried within a respective hole for insertion through the elongated opening for securely holding the base plate against the support surface without rotation of the base plate;
- (c) gripping means for removably gripping a portion of the vehicle frame;
- (d) a receiving member affixed to the base plate and defining a receiving channel substantially perpendicular to the first axis for receiving the gripping means;
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- (e) securing means for removably securing the gripping means within the receiving channel so that the gripping means can be removably secured at a plurality of locations within the receiving channel for gripping different portions of the vehicle frame.
A device for securing a vehicle having a frame to a support surface of a vehicle frame straightening apparatus, the support surface including an elongated opening therethrough having an elongate axis that defines a first axis of the support surface, the device comprising
- (a) a base plate having at least one hole therethrough;
- (b) a restraining assembly rotatably carried within the hole for insertion through the support surface opening for securely holding the base plate against the support surface;
- (c) an elongated keel depending from the base plate and sized for insertion into the elongated opening when the base plate is positioned against the support surface to prevent rotation of the base plate and to prevent the base plate from sliding in the elongated opening;
- (d) gripping means for removably gripping a portion of the vehicle frame;
- (e) a receiving member affixed to the base plate and defining a receiving channel substantially perpendicular to the first axis for receiving the gripping means;
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- (f) securing means for removably securing the gripping means within the receiving channel so that the gripping means can be removably secured at a plurality of locations within the receiving channel for gripping different portions of the vehicle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.