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Swing-out battery box

  • US 4,723,618 A
  • Filed: 03/02/1987
  • Issued: 02/09/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a vehicle including a battery compartment for receiving a battery, said battery compartment normally limiting access to the battery, battery support structure permitting convenient access to the batery for inspection and servicing of the battery, said support structure comprising:

  • a battery holder adapted for receiving the battery in an upright supportive position;

    elongated four-bar linkage structure having first and second ends;

    means for rockably connecting the first end of the linkage structure to the vehicle adjacent the battery compartment;

    means connecting the second end of the linkage structure to the battery holder for permitting the battery holder to rock between a normal operative position generally within the compartment and a service position wherein the holder extends outwardly from the compartment;

    stop means for maintaining the battery holder in a preselected attitude in the service position; and

    plate means fixed to one of the bars of the four-bar linkage for shielding the area between adjacent bars as the holder is rocked between positions.

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