Vehicle door alignment device
OwnerGlen Stuhlmacher, IIinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for aligning an associated vehicle door with the cooperating portions of a vehicle body having a lever on an adjustable stand which can be hooked under the vehicle or held separately from the vehicle for alignment of doors that are fully open. The lever carries a hooked head that engages in a latch of the door, or any other known latch engaging devices. The head is attached to the lever by a bolt, and the distance between the head and lever can be adjusted to fit doors with outer walls that extend variable lengths. A plate is threaded onto the bolt between the head and the lever, and after the head is engaged in the latch, the plate is rotated to clamp against a surface of the door outside the latch.
Claims20
A device for aligning an associated vehicle door with an associated vehicle body comprising:
- a stand of adjustable height having a top and a bottom, the bottom having a foot with a means for securing the stand against vertical movement,
- a lever with an end pivotally attached to the top of the stand,
- a means carried on the lever for engaging a latch of the door,
- a means carried on the lever for clamping the latch engaging means to the door.
In a device for aligning an associated vehicle door with an associated vehicle body having a lever, a means carried at a first axial location on the lever for engaging a lock pin on the door jamb of the associated vehicle body, and a means carried on the lever at a second axial location for engaging an associated door lock of the associated door, the improvement which comprises:
- a means for positioning an element of the device that engages with the door lock,
- a means for clamping the device to the door.
An apparatus for attachment to a vehicle door comprising:
- a bolt with a head attached, the head having a lip at an end distal to the bolt protruding in a direction generally perpendicular to the head, the head and lip fitting within a latch of the door, whereby the head and lip can engage the latch,
- a means for connecting devices to the bolt,
- a means for clamping the bolt to the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.