Patent ID: 7926670
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. In combination: a self-propelled vehicle having forward and rearward ends and opposite sides; said vehicle including a cab at the forward end thereof and a deck, having rearward and forward ends and opposite sides, extending rearwardly from said cab; an upstanding pedestal rotatably mounted, about a vertical axis, on said vehicle adjacent said rearward end of said deck; a telescoping boom structure including an elongated outer boom section, having inner and outer ends and opposite sides, with at least one elongated inner boom section, having inner and outer ends, telescopically received thereby; an elongated jib boom having inner and outer ends; said inner end of said jib boom being pivotally secured to said outer end of said inner boom section whereby said jib boom is movable between a first operative position and a second stowed position relative to said boom structure; said jib boom, when in its said first operative position, being generally parallel to and extending outwardly from said inner boom section; said jib boom, when in its said second stowed position, extending from said outer end of said inner boom section towards said inner end of said boom structure adjacent one side of said outer boom section; a first elongated support having first and second ends; said first end of said first support being pivotally secured to said outer end of said jib boom about a first axis; a second elongated support having first and second ends; said first end of said second support being pivotally secured to said second end of said first support about a second axis transverse to said first axis; a third elongated support having first and second ends; said first end of said third support being pivotally secured to said second end of said second support about a third axis which is transverse with respect to said first and second axes; a personnel basket having a closed lower end, an open upper end, a first end portion, a second end portion, a first side portion and a second side portion; said second end of said third support being secured to said personnel basket; said first, second and third supports and said first, second and third axes permitting said third support and said personnel basket to hang downwardly from said outer end of said jib boom when said boom structure is in its said operative position and said jib boom is in its said first operative position; said first, second and third supports and said first, second and third axes permitting said second and third supports to extend forwardly from said outer end of said jib boom, when said boom structure is in its said stowed position and jib boom is in its said second stowed position, so that said personnel basket may be positioned on said deck adjacent said jib boom.