Patent ID: 6799778
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: B60S,B66C,E04G

Abstract:
A vehicle for delivering concrete to an elevated location, the vehicle having opposing long sides, a front and a back, the vehicle comprising:a concrete pump having a feeding hopper; a superstructure with at least one swiveling extendable mast on a slewing gear; and a frame support for stabilizing the vehicle against tilting when the swiveling extendable mast is in an extended mast position, the frame support comprising: two pairs of movable telescoping members, each pair including a front and a back movable telescoping member, one of the pairs of movable telescoping members disposed on each of the long sides of the vehicle, wherein the movable telescoping members are for stabilizing the vehicle against tilting when the swiveling extendable mast is in an extended mast position; and a pair of common carriers, one of the common carriers disposed on each of the long sides of the vehicle, each common carrier disposed at least partly in an arc tangentially to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and extending from one of the long sides of the vehicle inward substantially as far as a middle of the vehicle and outward to the same long side, each carrier cooperating with a pair of the movable telescoping members to allow each movable telescoping member to extend outward from the corresponding long side of the vehicle, wherein the common carrier disposes the front and back movable telescoping members one behind the other such that the movable telescoping members emerge from associated front and back ends of the common carrier.