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US 7,407,149 B1Granted
Winch unit
OwnerJan E. Zindellinventor
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Abstract
A unit that includes a winch, a standard for the winch, a platform and a ramp and which can be disassembled for storage and easily and quickly set up to move a device, such as a scooter or a wheelchair or the like, onto another vehicle, such as a van or a car or the like.
Claims1
A vehicle moving unit comprising:
- A) a tower unit which includes an L-shaped tube having
- (1) a first end which is a bottom end when the tower unit is in use,
- (2) a second end which is a top end when the tower unit is in use,
- (3) a plurality of fastener-accommodating holes defined through the tower unit adjacent to the first end of the tower unit, and
- (4) a mounting hole defined through the tower unit adjacent to the second end of the tower unit;
- B) a sleeve element which includes
- (1) a body,
- (2) a first end of the body, the first end of the body being sized to slidably attach to the first end of the tower unit to couple the sleeve element to the tower unit,
- (3) a second end, and
- (4) a plurality of fastener-accommodating holes defined through the body of the sleeve element adjacent to the first end of the sleeve element;
- C) a fastener accommodated in the fastener-accommodating holes of the tower unit and the sleeve element and coupling the sleeve element to the tower unit;
- D) a winch unit mounted on the tower unit adjacent to the second end of the tower unit, the winch unit being a powered winch unit and including
- (1) a handle, and
- (2) a power source;
- E) a platform element fixedly connected to the sleeve element and including
- (1) a first end located adjacent to the sleeve element,
- (2) a second end which is spaced apart from the second end of the sleeve element;
- and
- F) a ramp element fixedly connected to the second end of the platform element at an oblique angle thereto.
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