Patent ID: 6135422
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
A vehicular hydraulic jack system comprising, in combination:a vehicle including an engine compartment defined by a rear wall, a front wall, and a pair of side walls, the vehicle further including a power steering pump for operating a steering assembly of the vehicle, the vehicle further including a pair of bracket strips each having a central extent thereof coupled to an inner surface of one of the side walls with a pair of ends having couples to define a pair of horizontally oriented, coaxially aligned closed loops;a jack assembly including a base with a substantially square configuration having a planar bottom face, a planar top face, and a thin periphery formed therebetween, the jack assembly further including a cylindrical lower sleeve mounted to the top face of the base and extending upwardly therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith, a cylindrical upper shaft having a bottom end slidably mounted within the lower sleeve between a raised orientation upon the receipt of pressurized fluid within the lower sleeve and a lowered orientation upon the release of pressurized fluid from within the lower sleeve, and a substantially inverted frusto-conical cup mounted on a top end of the upper shaft, wherein the lower sleeve of the jack assembly is adapted for being removably secured within the engine compartment via the closed loops of the bracket strips of the vehicle;a 12 foot bellowed hose having a first end coupled to the power steering pump of the vehicle for receiving pressurized fluid therefrom and a second end coupled to the base of the jack assembly and in communication with the lower sleeve thereof;a normally closed solenoid connected between the power steering pump and the lower sleeve of the jack assembly for allowing the passage of pressurized fluid between the power steering pump and the lower sleeve only upon the receipt of power; anda control pedal including a support plate and a rectangular pedal pivotally coupled to a central extent of the support plate, wherein the pedal is connected between a battery of the vehicle and the solenoid via an elongated wire and has an unbiased orientation for precluding the flow of power to the solenoid and a biased orientation for allowing the flow of power to the solenoid.