Stabilized pad for vehicles
OwnerAndry Lagsdininventor
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Abstract
A stabilizer pad construction is shown in which a pair of resilient laminated pad assemblies are mounted outboard on a weldment that is pivotally supported from a stabilizer arm of a vehicle. A latch device is also illustrated in two different embodiments that prevent self-flipping of the pad, particularly from the grouser side to the resilient pad side. The latch device uses either a capture recess or a capture tab for preventing rotation and includes a handle to permit the user to manually rotate the pad.
Claims22
A latch device for use with a support arm that pivotally supports a stabilizer pad construction that includes a rotatable support weldment having opposite one and another ground engagement positions, said latch device comprising:
- a latch member having a predetermined latch surface;
- a pivot for the latch member for pivotally supporting the latch member from the support arm;
- an engagement lug disposed on said stabilizer pad and in a position for selective engagement with said latch member;
- said engagement lug fixedly supported to said weldment so that anv rotation of said weldment causes the engagement lug to rotate therewith;
- said latch member latch surface having a capture means for accommodating said engagement lug;
- said capture means accommodating said engagement lug in only the one of the opposite one and another ground engagement positions;
- the engagement between said engagement lug and said capture means preventing the pad from leaving said one ground engagement position.
The latch device of 11 wherein said weldment comprises a metal weldment having a grouser point side and at least one resilient pad member on the other side thereof, said capture means comprising one of a capture recess and a capture tab, and said engagement lug engaging with the capture means only when the weldment is in the grouser point side for ground engagement.
A latch device for use with a support arm that pivotally supports a stabilizer pad construction that includes a rotatable support weldment having opposite one and another ground engagement positions, said latch device comprising:
- a latch member having a capture element;
- a pivot for the latch member for pivotally supporting the latch member from the support arm;
- an engagement lug disposed on said stabilizer pad and in a position for selective engagement with said latch member;
- said engagement lug permanently fixed to said weldment so that any rotation of said weldment causes the engagement lug to rotate therewith;
- said latch member comprises a latch plate having a handle to enable manual rotation of said latch plate to release said engagement lug from said latch member capture element to enable rotation of said latch plate from said one ground engagement position to said another ground engagement position;
- said capture element accommodating said engagement lug in only the one of the opposite one and another ground engagement positions;
- the engagement between said engagement lug and said latch plate preventing the pad from leaving said one ground engagement position.
A latch device for use with a support arm that pivotally supports a stabilizer pad construction that includes a rotatable support weldment having opposite one and another ground engagement positions, said latch device comprising:
- a latch member having a latch surface;
- a pivot for the latch member for pivotally supporting the latch member from one of the weldment and the support arm;
- an engagement lug disposed on the other of the stabilizer arm and weldment and in a position for selective engagement with said latch member;
- said engagement lug permanently supported so that any movement of either said weldment or stabilizer arm causes the engagement lug to move therewith;
- said latch member latch surface having a capture means for accommodating said engagement lug;
- said capture means accommodating said engagement lug in only the one of the opposite one and another ground engagement positions;
- the engagement between said engagement lug and said capture means preventing the pad from leaving said one ground engagement position.
A latch device for use with a support arm that pivotally supports a stabilizer pad construction that includes a rotatable support weldment having opposite one and another ground engagement positions, said latch device comprising:
- a latch member having a capture element;
- a pivot for the latch member for pivotally supporting the latch member from one of the support arm and weldment;
- an engagement lug disposed on the other of the weldment and stabilizer arm and in a position for selective engagement with said latch member;
- said engagement lug permanently supported so that any movement of either said weldment or stabilizer arm causes the engagement lug to move therewith;
- said latch member comprises a latch plate having a handle to enable manual rotation of said latch plate to release said engagement lug from said latch member capture element to enable rotation of said latch plate from said one ground engagement position to said another ground engagement position;
- said capture element accommodating said engagement lug in only the one of the opposite one and another ground engagement positions;
- the engagement between said engagement lug and said latch plate preventing the pad from leaving said one ground engagement position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.