US PATENT SUBCLASS 280 / 763.1
.~.~.~ Retractable prop, support, or stabilizer

Current as of: June, 1999
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280 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES

29  DF  WHEELED {21}
727  DF  .~ Attachment {22}
762  DF  .~.~ Exterior {5}
763.1.~.~.~ Retractable prop, support, or stabilizer {2}
764.1  DF  .~.~.~.~> With actuator for pivoted support {1}
766.1  DF  .~.~.~.~> With actuator for translating or telescoping movement

DEFINITION

Classification: 280/763.1

Retractable prop, support or stabilizer:

(under subclass 762) Device which provides the vehicle with a means to brace or hold the vehicle in a fixed or established position, such means being carried by the vehicle in a nonuse, stored position, and such means provided with a mechanism which will extend or otherwise move the means into a use position, when the vehicle is not in motion.

(1) Note. Included herein are devices which relieve the vehicle suspension or vehicle wheels of the weight of the vehicle in order to stabilize the vehicle in a working position, e.g., outrigger. Also included are devices which level a stationary vehicle relative to an unlevel vehicle supporting surface.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

6.153, for a vehicle including (a) means, interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame or (b) an attached retractable prop, stand, or support which is interrelated to a means interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

254, Implement or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,

418+, for a vehicle attached jack which is extended by a power or force increasing mechanism, to lift the vehicle or a part thereof off of the vehicle supporting surface, for the purposes of repair to the vehicle or to position the vehicle relative to something else, e.g., positioning a semitrailer relative to a tractor for coupling to or uncoupling from the trailer.

293, Vehicle Fenders, for the combination of a jack and a vehicle bumper.