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US 9,457,630 B2Granted
Towing device
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorRonald L. Anderson
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Abstract
A device comprises an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that is rotatably supported at least partly in an interior of the outer sleeve. A hollow axle is located in an interior of the inner sleeve, and a skewer is supported within an inner region of the hollow axle. The skewer is slidable along an axis of hollow axle. First and second slots are located on the hollow axle. A lever that is rotatable about the axis of the hollow axle includes a mechanism for causing the rod to slide along the axis to change respective widths of the slots.
Claims16
A device, comprising:
- an outer sleeve;
- an inner sleeve that is rotatably supported at least partly in an interior of the outer sleeve;
- a hollow axle that is fixably supported within an interior of the inner sleeve, and forms an inner region;
- a skewer that is supported within the inner region of the hollow axle, and that is slidable along an axis of the hollow axle;
- first and second slots that are located on the hollow axle;
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- a lever that is rotatable about the axis of the skewer and that includes a mechanism for causing the skewer to slide along the axis to change respective widths of the slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.