Patent ID: 6234527
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A lifting device for lifting a trailing end of a road vehicle and to laterally displace said trailing end, said lifting device comprising a main body including a fixed section adapted to be rigidly secured to said trailing end, a first mobile section vertically movable relative to said fixed section between an elevated non-operative position and a lowered operative position for lifting said trailing end, and a second mobile section being rotatably mounted on said first mobile section, a first actuator device to linearly move said first mobile section relative to said fixed section, a second actuator device for rotating said second mobile section relative to said first mobile section, a rolling device secured to said second mobile section to rollingly engage a road surface, a blocking mechanism to temporarily block said second actuator device from rotating when in said operative position, and a power source to activate both said first and second actuator devices.