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US 5,325,576 AGranted
Process and apparatus for disassembling planks from a truck bed
OwnerLawrence Hendersoninventor
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Abstract
A novel process and apparatus for removing planks from a truck bed which has a vertical body having a top and a bottom portion, a pulling member pivotally attached to the bottom portion for pulling planks, and a hydraulic lift for lifting the pulling member toward the top portion of the vertical body wherein the hydraulic lift is pivotally attached to the pulling member.
Claims15
An apparatus for removing planks held by support beams comprising:
- a vertical body having a top and a bottom portion;
- a pulling member for pulling planks, said pulling member pivotally attached at a point of attachment directly to said bottom portion of said vertical body wherein pivotal movement of said pulling member is allowed;
- lifting means for lifting said pulling member toward said top portion of said vertical body, said lifting means pivotally attached to said pulling member;
- whereby activating said lifting means lifts said pulling member in an angular fashion toward the top of said vertical body while pivoting on said point of attachment.
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An apparatus for removing planks held by support beams from a truck bed comprising:
- a vertical body having a top and a bottom portion, said bottom portion terminating in an anchor means for securing said vertical body to one of said support beams;
- a pair of spaced-apart blades pivotally attached directly to opposing sides of said bottom portion of said vertical body, said blades attached to said vertical body by a connecting bolt proximate said bottom portion of said vertical body;
- lifting means for lifting said blades, said lifting means pivotally attached to said spaced-apart blades;
- whereby activating said lifting means forcefully and simultaneously lifts said blades in an angular fashion.
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A process for removing planks held by support beams from a truck bed comprising the steps of:
- providing an apparatus comprising:
- a vertical body having a top and bottom portion said bottom portion terminating in an anchor means for securing said vertical body to one of said support beams;
- a pair of spaced-apart blades pivotally attached to opposing sides of said bottom portion of said vertical body, said blades connected by a connecting bolt proximate said bottom portion of said vertical body;
- lifting means for lifting said blades, said lifting means pivotally attached to said pair of spaced-apart blades and to said top portion of said vertical body;
- securely anchoring said vertical body to one of said support beams with said blades straddling said support beam and positioned below said planks;
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- activating said lifting means thereby forcefully and simultaneously lifting said blades and removing said planks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.