Device for use in vehicle stabilization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7708244
APP PUB NO 20070252065A1
SERIAL NO

11789733

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A vehicle stabilization device for use in stabilizing a vehicle to enable safe and rapid victim extrication operations by first responder and other personnel. The device includes a base plate for enabling its emplacement on an underlying support surface beneath the vehicle to be stabilized. First and second extender members, each having a base end and a distal end, are hingedly connected to each other at their distal ends. The base ends are rotably mounted to the base plate and are moveable toward each other from an initial spaced position. This reduction of spacing between the base ends acts in conjunction with the hinged attachment between the distal ends to increasingly incline the extender members with respect to the base plate and thereby increasingly elevate the distal ends above the base plate. A vehicle contact and support member is secured to the distal hinged ends, and elevates with the distal ends of the extender members until contact is made with the overlying portion of the vehicle. The drawn together base portions are retained in the position where contact with the vehicle is achieved, to provide stabilizing support to the vehicle.

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SNAP-ON INCORPORATED2801 80TH STREET KENOSHA WI 53143

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hickerson, William Hardyston Township, US 12 52

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