Automobile hoist

• US 3,117,652 A
• Filed: 09/30/1960
• Issued: 01/14/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George A. Wallace
• Original Assignee: George A. Wallace
• Inventors: Wallace, George A.
• Application Number:
  US04/059,636
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• US Class Current: 187/213
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 7/02 with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains or screws and movable along pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 7/16 by one or more hydraulic or pneumatic jacks

Claims

1. AN AUTOMOBILE HOIST COMPRISING A PAIR OF VERTICALLY MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED BEAMS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN AN AUTOMOBILE AND SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT AN AUTOMOBILE TO BE DRIVEN BETWEEN THEM WITH SAID BEAMS DISPOSED ALONG THE OUTSIDES OF THE WHEELS OF SAID AUTOMOBILE, A PAIR OF INDIVIDUAL CROSS BEAMS MEANS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAMS, MOVABLE MEANS SEPARATELY CONNECTING SAID CROSS BEAMS TO MOVE ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAMS TO PERMIT SAID CROSS BEAMS TO BE INDEPENDENTLY POSITIONED IN BACK AND IN FRONT OF AND UNDER THE EXTREME FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS OF SAID FRAME OF AUTOMOBILE, PICKUP ELEMENTS ADJUSTABLY ATTACHED TO SAID CROSS BEAMS FOR ENGAGING THE EXTREME FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS OF SAID FRAME OF SAID AUTOMOBILE FROM BELOW, LIFTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAMS FOR RAISING THEM TOGETHER WITH AN AUTOMOBILE SUPPORTED BETWEEN THEM UPON SAID CROSS BEAMS, CARRIAGE MEANS CONNECTING THE ENDS OF SAID CROSS BEAMS TO SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAMS FOR FACILITATING THEIR FORWARD AND BACKWARD MOVEMENT, RESILIENT MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CROSS BEAMS IN A FREE FLOATING FASHION FROM SAID CARRIAGE MEANS, AND THE ENDS OF SAID CARRIAGE MEANS OVERLYING A SUPPORTING PORTION OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAMS TO PERMIT SAID SUPPORTING PORTION TO CARRY ANY LOAD IMPOSED UPON SAID CROSS BEAMS WHEN IT IS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME THE SUPPORTING EFFECT OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS.