Vehicle-anchor-stabilization system for winching operations
AssigneeCentral Coast Patent Agency, Inc.
InventorErnest P. Luker
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Abstract
An anchor system for stabilizing a vehicle during a pulling operation, such as with a winch or a come-along, has a wheel or track stop with a tether that attaches to a frame member, such as a bumper, of the pulling vehicle. The wheel or track of the vehicle rides over the stop, past center, and is prevented from further rolling by the tether. The forces on the vehicle are concentrated on a front edge of the stop, effectively anchoring the vehicle, which tends to rotate about the front edge as a fulcrum.
Claims10
A vehicle anchor, comprising:
- a stop for blocking a track or wheel of a vehicle, the stop being a half-round section of heavy-gauge standard pipe including a protruding lip portion to one side of an elevated center portion, the lip portion for engaging the track or wheel of the vehicle;
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- a tether having a first end fixedly attached to the stop and a second end with an interface for connecting to a vehicle member.
A system for anchoring a vehicle during a pulling operation, comprising:
- a vehicle anchor having a stop for blocking a track or wheel of a vehicle, the stop being a half-round section of heavy-gauge standard pipe, and a tether having a first end fixedly attached to the stop and a second end;
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- a storage and deployment apparatus, integrated as part of a winch, connected to the second end of the tether, such that the stop may be stored in a retracted position and deployed by feeding out the tether to place the stop proximate the track or wheel.
A method for anchoring a vehicle during a pulling operation, comprising steps of:
- (a) placing a stop being a half-round section of heavy-gauge standard pipe in front of a track or wheel of the vehicle;
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- (b) securing a tether having a first end fixedly attached to the stop by a second end to a vehicle member in a manner that the tether allows the vehicle track or wheel to roll up on the elevated center portion, but not to pass over the stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.