System for lifting, moving and transporting a vehicle via multiple slings connected to a common lifting vertex, and method of retrofitting a vehicle to facilitate lifting

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9016741
SERIAL NO

14466029

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A system for lifting a vehicle via multiple slings comprises a vehicle not engineered with structural facility to withstand lifting forces, including a frame which unmodified will deform in response to vertically imposed lifting forces, frame reinforcing elements affixed to the frame at selected locations which are subject to lifting deformation, at least two lifting members at spaced-apart forward frame locations, at least two lifting members at spaced-apart rearward frame locations, and a plurality of elongate slings extending respectively between each lifting member and a common lifting vertex. Each lifting member has an enlarged lower base portion rigidly affixed to the frame and an upper lifting portion. The frame reinforcing elements resist deformation of the frame in response to vertically imposed lifting forces. The enlarged base portions of the lifting members apply forces over a correspondingly enlarged area of the frame and the reinforcing elements without deforming the frame.

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Patent Owner(s)

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HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS LLC4400 PAPA JOE HENDRICK BLVD CHARLOTTE NC 28262

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hensley, Ryan Lee Huntersville, US 8 208
Thoreson, Mark Allen Concord, US 3 43

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