Patent ID: 6076424
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B25G,B60B,B66F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A multi-piece handle for use in positioning a vehicle lifting jack beneath a vehicle and for rotating a spindle of that jack, the handle comprising:a jack handle rod having a first end adapted to engage and transmit rotary motion to a rotatable spindle of a vehicle lifting jack and an opposite end;a jack handle rod extension separate from the jack handle rod and having a first end with a noncircular cross-section portion; anda jack handle coupling for releasably connecting the jack handle rod and the jack handle rod extension in coaxial alignment and includinga sleeve secured to the opposite end of the jack handle rod, the sleeve having an internal cavity receiving the noncircular cross-section portion of the first end of the jack handle rod extension in driving engagement, anda clip mounted to slide over a length of on one of the jack handle rod and the jack handle rod extension proximate one end of the sleeve, the clip extending over a full length of the sleeve and releasably attaching to the other of the jack handle rod and the jack handle rod extension proximate an opposite end of the sleeve, thereby preventing the first end of the jack handle rod extension from moving out of the sleeve of the jack handle rod.