Stabilizer pad and handle apparatus

• US 9,254,821 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2014
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dica Marketing Company
• Original Assignee: Richard And Carolyn Koberg Living Trust
• Inventors: Koberg, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Wujciak, Alfred J
• Application Number:
  US14/331,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20140319315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 248/519, 248/145.6, 248/146, 248/500, 248/910, 248/510, 248/346.01, 135/16, 135/98, D83/74, D83/54, 254418-425
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 9/02 for only lifting or supporting
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/78 Supports, e.g. outriggers, for mobile cranes
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2261 on a flat base E04H12/08, E04H12/10 take precedence

Abstract

A stabilizer pad and handle apparatus is provided having a substantially C-shaped handle, or U-shaped handle with ends of the handle inserted into seating holes extending inwardly from the side walls of the pad. An anchor hole and anchors may be provided extending downward through and perpendicular to the seating holes and through the handle. The pad may be rectangular or square shape or substantially circular in shape. A substantially trapezoidal recess is provided in the circular pad into which the seating holes are provided, and may be angled inwardly away from the side walls, with the handle provided in the recess. At least a portion of the top surface of the handle may be aligned with the outer circumference formed by the circular shape of the pad. The circular pad may be rolled on its side wall edge. Multiple handle means may be provided.

Claims

1. A stabilizer pad apparatus for stabilizing a jack or outrigger from a heavy equipment when resting on a ground surface comprising,

a) a pad having a top wall, a bottom wall and at least one downwardly depending side wall, said at least one side wall having an outer surface, wherein the top wall is configured for the jack or outrigger mount thereon;

b) a pad grasping device comprising,

i. a pair of seating holes, said seating holes extending from said outer surface of and substantially perpendicularly to said side wall into said pad;

ii. a substantially C-shaped or substantially U-shaped handle having a first and second distal end, said first distal end inserted into one of said pair of seating holes, said second distal end inserted into the other of said pair of seating holes, such that when said top or bottom wall is placed on a ground surface, said handle extends laterally from said side wall,

iii a pair of anchor holes, one of said pair of anchor holes extending from the exterior of said pad into one of said pair of seating holes, the other of said pair of anchor holes extending from the exterior of said pad into the other of said pair of seating holes; and

iv a pair of anchors affixing said handle to said pad, one of said pair of anchors extending through one of said pair of anchor holes and into said first distal end of said handle, the other of said pair extending through the other of said pair of anchor holes and into said second distal end of said handle.

2. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of said pair of anchor holes is substantially perpendicular to and extending into one of said pair of seating holes, the other of said pair of anchor holes substantially perpendicular to and extending into the other of said pair of seating holes.

3. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said handle is substantially U-shaped.

4. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said handle is substantially C-shaped.

5. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises more than one pad grasping device.

6. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises two pad grasping devices.

7. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises three pad grasping devices.

8. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises four pad grasping devices.

9. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said pair of seating holes are placed in said at least one side wall such that when said handle is inserted in said seating holes and said pad is placed on a ground surface, a space is formed below said handle to allow insertion of a hand.

10. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 9, wherein said space is at least one inch.

11. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said anchor comprises a stainless steel pin.

12. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said handled is solid core and comprises engineered thermoplastic material.

13. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said handle is orange and comprises solid core urethane.

14. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 13 wherein said handle is at least ¾

inches in diameter.

15. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said handle is capable of being grasped by a human hand and said pad moved by at least one human.

16. The stabilizer pad apparatus of claim 1, wherein said handle is capable of being grasped by at least one machine capable of engaging said handle and said pad moved by said at least one machine.

17. A stabilizer pad apparatus for stabilizing a jack or outrigger from a heavy equipment when resting on a ground surface comprising,

a) a pad having a top wall, a bottom wall and at least one downwardly depending side wall, said at least one side wall having an outer surface, wherein the top wall is configured for the jack or outrigger mount thereon;

b) a pad grasping device comprising,

i. a pair of seating holes, said seating holes extending from said outer surface of and substantially perpendicularly to said side wall into said pad;

ii. a substantially C-shaped or substantially U-shaped handle of solid core rigid material comprising having a first and second distal end, said first distal end inserted into one of said pair of seating holes, said second distal end inserted into the other of said pair of seating holes, such that when said top or bottom wall is placed on a ground surface, said handle extends laterally from said side wall;

iii. said pair of seating holes placed in said at least one sidewall such that when said handle is inserted in said seating holes and said pad is placed on a ground surface, a space is formed below said handle to allow insertion of a hand;

iv. a pair of anchor holes, one of said pair of anchor holes substantially perpendicular to and extending from the exterior of said pad into one of said pair of seating holes, the other of said pair of anchor holes substantially perpendicular to and extending from the exterior of said pad into the other of said pair of seating holes; and

v. a pair of anchors affixing said handle to said pad, one of said pair of anchors extending through one of said pair of anchor holes and into said first distal end of said handle, the other of said pair extending through the other of said pair of anchor holes and into said second distal end of said handle.

18. A stabilizer pad apparatus for stabilizing a jack or outrigger from a heavy equipment when resting on a ground surface comprising,

a) a substantially rectangular or square pad having a top wall, a bottom wall and at least one downwardly depending side wall, said at least one side wall having an outer surface, wherein the top wall is configured for the jack or outrigger mount thereon;

b) a pad grasping device comprising,

i. a pair of seating holes, said seating holes extending from said outer surface of and substantially perpendicularly to said side wall into said pad;

ii. a substantially C-shaped or substantially U-shaped handle comprising urethane material comprising having a first and second distal end, said first distal end inserted into one of said pair of seating holes, said second distal end inserted into the other of said pair of seating holes, such that when said top or bottom wall is placed on a ground surface, said handle extends laterally from said side wall;

iii. said pair of seating holes placed in said at least one sidewall such that when said handle is inserted in said seating holes and said pad is placed on a ground surface, a space is formed below said handle to allow insertion of a hand;

iv. a pair of anchor holes, one of said pair of anchor holes substantially perpendicular to and extending from the exterior of said pad into one of said pair of seating holes, the other of said pair of anchor holes substantially perpendicular to and extending from the exterior of said pad into the other of said pair of seating holes; and

v. a pair of anchors affixing said handle to said pad, one of said pair of anchors extending through one of said pair of anchor holes and into said first distal end of said handle, the other of said pair extending through the other of said pair of anchor holes and into said second distal end of said handle.