Patent ID: 6543790
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B60D,B64F,Y10S

Abstract:
An aircraft towing device arranged and constructed to connect to the nose wheel of or to engage the nose wheel strut of an aircraft including:(a) a longitudinally extending towing bar; (b) a cross arm disposed at one end of said towing bar, said cross arm supporting a pair of arms at outward ends thereof where one of said pair of arms is rotatably mounted to one of said outward ends of said cross arm; (c) one of said pair of arms being shiftable with respect to the other such arm to increase and decrease the spacing between ends of said arms, whereby the nose wheel or wheel strut of an aircraft may be secured between said pair of arms; (d) a rotatable rod member having a threaded end received into the shiftable one of the pair of arms; (e) a longitudinally shiftable slide member arranged on said towing bar; and (f) a cable coupled between the slide member and the rotatable rod member whereby longitudinal shifting of the slide member is converted to rotation of the rotatable rod member.