Vehicle lifting and towing device
CA 1290726 C · Owner: Chevron, Inc. · Inventors: Nespor, Ronald R.
Overview
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A wheel lift type vehicle lifting and towing device which includes an extensible and tiltable boom extending rearwardly from a towing vehicle when in use and provided on its end thereof with a pair of wheel receiving members for engaging the wheels of a vehicle to be towed, and then lifting and towing the vehicle. The wheel receiving members are comprised of a fixed prong and a movable L-shaped prong which may be folded to a storage position when not in use. When the entire device is in a storage position, it is retracted substantially out of view within the understructure of the body of the towing vehicle.
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- Granted October 15, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 15, 2008.
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