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US 6,270,056 B1Granted
Floor jack
AssigneeSunex International, Inc.
InventorJohn H. Blackburn
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Abstract
A portable hydraulic floor jack has a saddle member with an axial stem that is provided with an end collar having a flattened side surface. This permits the saddle member to be rotated to a singular orientation in which the flattened side surface of the end collar can bypass a locking pin that is permanently installed transversely of the receiving opening for the stem of the saddle member.
Claims7
A jack, comprising:
- a lifting base provided with an axially disposed receiving opening;
- a lifting accessory having an axially extending stem defining a first diameter;
- an end collar connected to one end of said axial stem of said lifting accessory and defining a first portion having a second diameter that is larger than said first diameter of said stem of said lifting accessory, said end collar being received in said receiving opening, said end collar defining a flattened side surface forming a second portion with a diameter smaller than said second diameter;
- a locking pin installed in said lifting accessory transversely of said receiving opening;
- wherein said end collar is configured and disposed to permit said lifting accessory to be selectively rotated between a first orientation in which said flattened side surface of said end collar can bypass said locking pin during axial movement of said lifting accessory relative to said lifting base and a second orientation in which said lifting accessory is prevented from axial movement relative to said base due to said first portion of said end collar being prevented from bypassing said locking pin;
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- wherein said stem and said end collar are configured to afford to said lifting accessory more than 100 degrees of axial rotation relative to said base when said end collar and said stem are received in said receiving opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.