Patent ID: 9388024
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B66C

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle hoist device comprising: a hitch mount, said hitch mount having a bottom end and a top end; a cavity extending into said bottom end of said hitch mount wherein said bottom end of said hitch mount is configured for being seated on a ball hitch extending from a vehicle, a top of a wall defining said cavity being hemi-spherical; a boom arm having a bottom end and a top end, said bottom end of said boom arm being coupled to said hitch mount, said boom arm having a top section and a bottom section, said top section being removably coupled to said bottom section; a pulley coupled to said boom arm, said pulley being positioned proximate said top end of said boom arm; a hoist coupled to said boom arm, said hoist being coupled to said boom arm proximate said bottom end of said boom arm; a line coupled to said hoist such that said line is selectively extendable and retractable from said hoist, said line extending through said pulley; a plurality of upper plates, each of said upper plates being coupled to said top section of said boom arm adjacent to a junction of said top section of said boom arm and said bottom section of said boom arm; a plurality of lower plates, each of said lower plates being coupled to said bottom section of said boom arm adjacent to said junction of said top section of said boom arm and said bottom section of said boom arm; a plurality of connectors coupling each said upper plate to an associated one of said lower plates wherein said bottom section of said boom arm is coupled to said upper section of said boom arm; and a pair of arms, each of said arms having a respective first end configured for coupling to the vehicle, each of said arms having a respective second end coupled to said boom arm such that said boom arm is held in a static position relative to the vehicle.