Stabilizer pad for vehicles
OwnerAndry Lagsdininventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to rotational stabilizer pads for stabilizer arms of vehicles. The stabilizer pads include first and second ground contact faces for contacting respectively a smooth ground surface and a rough or gravel ground surface. In embodiments of the present invention, the stabilizer pads include a reversible resilient pad coupled to a first flange and a second flange. The first and second flanges may include grouser points for engaging the rough ground surface. In embodiments of the present invention, the stabilizer pads are rotated about 135 degrees to change the ground contact face of the stabilizer pad from one of the first and second ground contact faces to the other.
Claims36
A stabilizer pad assembly for use with a stabilizer arm, the stabilizer pad assembly comprising:
- a pair of laterally spaced apart plate members, each plate member having opposed substantially flat surfaces and multiple edge portions, the pair of plate members being pivotally attached to the stabilizer arm by a pin extending laterally between facing substantially flat surfaces of respective plate members;
- a resilient pad formed with upper and lower substantially planar surfaces, and with at least one passage extending transversely therethrough between opposite sides of said resilient pad;
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- at least one mounting member extending through the at least one passage in said resilient pad, the mounting member having outer end portions projecting laterally beyond the opposite sides of the resilient pad, the pad being positionable with opposite sides thereof disposed between the pair of plate members, and fasteners for removably connecting the end portions to edge portions of the respective plate members, the pad being selectively reversible relative to the pair of plate members for permitting selective positioning of either the upper surface or the lower surface of the pad for use as a working surface for ground engagement.
The stabilizer pad of clam 5, further comprising:
- a first bushing mounted to the first plate member at the mounting hole to receive the pin;
- a second bushing mounted to the second plate member at the mounting hole to receive the pin;
- a cam mounted to one of the first and second bushings and constructed and arranged to contact a part of the arm upon rotation of the stabilizer pad with respect to the pin.
The stabilizer pad for use with a stabilizer arm, the stabilizer pad assembly comprising:
- a pair of laterally spaced apart plate members, each plate member having opposed inner and outer planar surfaces and at least three side edges, and each plate member having a flange portion extending outwardly at a right angle from at least one side edge of the outer planar surface, the pair of plate members being pivotally attached to the stabilizer arm by a pin extending laterally between the inner planar surfaces of the pair of plate members;
- a resilient pad formed with upper and lower substantially planar surfaces, and with a passage extending transversely there though, a pair of side plates attached to lateral sides of the pad, each side plate having an elongated slot which is aligned with the passage in the pad;
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- a mounting plate extending through the elongated slots in the pair of side plates and the passage in the pad, the mounting plate having outer end portions projecting laterally beyond the pair of side plates, the pad being positionable between the pair of plate members with the pair of side plates abutting the inner planar surfaces of the pair of plate members and with the outer end portions of the mounting plate abutting respective flange portions of the pair of plate members, and fasteners for removably connecting the outer end portions to the flange portions, the pad being selectively reversible relative to the pair of plate members for permitting selective positioning of either the upper surface or the lower surface of the pad for use as a working surface for ground engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.