Patent ID: 6729832
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
In combination with a vehicle having an accessory accommodation base to which devices are removably attachable, a gripping apparatus comprising:an accessory accommodation base having connected top, bottom, left, right, intermediate support members; a brace support wall attached to said accessory accommodation base; an pivot bar positioned horizontally across said accessory accommodation base and extending through openings in said left and right and intermediate support members; a jaw housing having connected first and second lower jaw weld walls, top, bottom, left and right members; concaved shaped left and right upper jaw members each pivotally attached to said pivot bar; concaved shaped left and right lower jaw members each having upper, lower, left and right side surfaces, said upper and lower surfaces immovably attached to a first lower jaw attachment wall and said left and right surfaces immovably attached to a second lower jaw attachment wall; a lower right jaw brace impermanently attached to said pivot bar and immovably attached to said brace support wall; at least one lower left jaw brace impermanently attached to said pivot bar and immovably attached to said brace support wall; a first hydraulic cylinder attached to said upper left jaw and an internal lower jaw housing surface; and, a second hydraulic cylinder attached to said upper right jaw and an internal lower jaw housing surface.