Patent ID: 6237931
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A towbar adapter assembly for securing a vehicle having a tie ring to a towbar boom, comprising:a receiver subassembly comprising a base having a centerline plane P1 and defining a mounting shoulder and a body comprising a first end attached to said base and an opposing second end, said body having a centerline plane P2 and a central longitudinal axis, both said centerline plane P2 and central axis projecting generally orthogonally relative to said shoulder;first securement means for securing said base to said towbar boom, said base securable in at least two angular orientations with respect to said tow bar boom;an anchoring strut having opposing first and second end portions and defining a centerline plane P3 therethrough, said first end portion being received by said body in an axially slidable relationship thereto, said strut being receivable by said body in at least two angular orientations thereto and at least one clevis having a centerline plane P4 mounted to said second end portion;second securement means for securing said anchoring strut to said body at a selected angular orientation and axial position relative to said body; andcoupling means for coupling said at least one clevis to said vehicle tie ring,wherein said body centerline plane P2 is offset by a first distance from said base centerline P1 and said clevis centerline plane P4 is offset by a second distance from said strut centerline plane P3 and said at least one clevis is securable in any one of a plurality of axial and rotational positions with respect to said towbar boom,whereby said clevis centerline plane P4 can be offset from either side of said base centerline plane P1 by a distance equal to the sum of said first and second distances.