Patent ID: 7540545
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B60D,B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-to-vehicle grasping apparatus removably attached to the front end of a motor vehicle comprising: a first side plate, a second side plate, a top plate, a bottom plate and an end plate which form a rectangular box having an open end; a long and narrow opening is formed on the surface of the side plates and circular openings are adjacent to the proximal ends of the side plates; a gripping device which is comprised of: a pivot pin inserted into the aligned openings of the clamp fingers and the side plates; a hydraulic cylinder having a cylinder rod with the first end of the hydraulic cylinder removably attached near the end plate by means of a pivot pin inserted in the circular openings of the first and second side plates and the second end of the hydraulic cylinder at the distal end of the cylinder rod having a cylindrical opening; a elongated pivot pin which extends into the long and narrow opening of the first and second side plates is inserted into the cylindrical opening of the second end of the hydraulic cylinder along and the first end of a pair of mechanical links; and a pivot pin is inserted into the clamp finger openings and the first end of the mechanical links.