Patent ID: 7347467
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose, hand-operated tool for use in release of a fifth wheel from a pulling or towing vehicle, for use in release of tandem pins allowing a tandem tire assembly to slide along an undercarriage of a trailer for proper weight distribution of a load, for use as a tire thumper to ensure proper inflation of tires, and for use as a spotter device when backing into visually difficult areas, comprising, in combination: a main body shaft tube having a plurality of adjusting cylindrical holes therethrough; a removable torque handle component slidably, adjustably and removably positioned within said main tube via a first end of said main tube; said removable component having a cylindrical hole therethrough; first locking means positioned through a selected one of said plurality of adjusting cylindrical holes and said cylindrical hole in said removable component to secure said removable component in said main tube; a non-metallic end cap non-rotatably affixed to a second end of said main tube serving as a fulcrum for said main tube and said secured removable component; a main body shaft plate assembly welded to said main tube; a first completely-cylindrical storage holder welded to said main tube proximate said plate assembly; a second completely-cylindrical storage holder welded to said main tube proximate said first end of said main tube; said second completely-cylindrical storage holder having a locking hole therethrough along a diameter of said second completely-cylindrical storage holder; a pivot tube secured to said plate assembly; said pivot tube having a plurality of adjusting cylindrical holes therethrough; a fifth wheel hook member having a first predetermined length, a curved hook portion, and a cylindrical hole therethrough; a tandem hook member having a second predetermined length, a curved hook portion, and a cylindrical hole therethrough; said first predetermined length being greater than said second predetermined length; said fifth wheel hook member or said tandem hook member being selectively slidable in said pivot tube; said tandem hook member or said fifth wheel hook member being selectively axially slidable in said first completely-cylindrical storage holder and said second completely-cylindrical storage holder; second locking means positioned through a selected one of said plurality of adjusting cylindrical holes of said pivot tube and said cylindrical hole of said fifth wheel hook member or of said tandem hook member to adjustably secure said fifth wheel hook member or said tandem hook member, respectively, to said pivot tube; said second completely-cylindrical storage holder having a cylindrical hole therethrough; third locking means positioned through said locking hole of said second completely-cylindrical storage holder and said cylindrical hole of said tandem hook member to secure said tandem hook member within said first and second completely-cylindrical storage holders and to said main tube so that said curved hook portion of said tandem hook member lays flat against a major external surface of said a main body shaft plate assembly welded to said main tube; said curved hook portion of said fifth wheel hook member being adapted to loop over the fifth wheel release handle; said non-rotatable fulcrum end cap being adapted to bear against the pulling or towing vehicle to enable said tool to pull the fifth wheel release handle to disengage said fifth wheel assembly; said curved hook portion of said tandem hook member being adapted to engage over the tandem pins release lever; said non-rotatable fulcrum end cap being adapted to bear against the vehicle to enable said tool to release the tandem pins release lever; and said removable component being completely removable from said main tube for use as a tire thumper to ensure proper inflation of tires, and for use as a spotter device when backing into visually difficult areas.