Automobile frame aligning device

• US 4,386,468 A
• Filed: 10/20/1980
• Issued: 06/07/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Walter D. Whitney
• Original Assignee: Walter D. Whitney
• Inventors: Whitney, Walter D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Martin, Jr., William D.
• Application Number:
  US06/198,783
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 33/203.12, 33/203.17, 33/203.21, 33/203, 33/288, 33/181 AT, 33/180 AT, 33/335, 33/203.15, 33/174 L
• US Class Current: 33/608
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/0025 Measuring of vehicle parts G01B5/003 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/24 for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes

Abstract

A device adapted to be employed in connection with the repair of damaged automobiles and the like wherein deformed portions of the automobile may be accurately returned to their original shape and position. A base is provided which may partially extend under an automobile and is provided with a vertically extending support on which one or more scales may be supported for vertical, horizontal and swingable movement relative to the support whereby the correct distance between two points may be readily set by a scale and repeated to assist in determining the amount a damaged portion must be bent or stretched to return it to its proper original position. By combining two devices, each including a base and a vertically extending support, accurate readings may be made very quickly with a relatively great saving in time. Portions of the device may be inverted to permit accurate measurement of distances from above rather than from below the body.

Claims

1. A frame aligning device for damaged automobile bodies and frames comprising:

a pair of axially aligned horizontally disposed tubular sleeves,

elongated elements telescopically received within the opposite ends of said sleeves,

a vertically extending elongated support connected at its lower end to one of said elements that is received in one of said sleeves,

a pair of vertically spaced apart elongated horizontally extending indicators on said support,

a third indicator carried by another of said elements that is received in the distal end of the other of said sleeves, and

adjusting means on said sleeves for adjusting the effective distance between said third indicator and said support and,

ramp means on each of said sleeves to receive a vehicle wheel thereon.

2. A device according to claim 1 wherein a fourth indicator is carried by said another of said elements to provide a pair of vertically spaced apart indicators similar to said pair on said support.