Patent ID: 6527254
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A self-contained vehicular jacking system for raising a vehicle off of the ground, said system comprising:a pneumatic system, said pneumatic system comprising an air holding tank and a plurality of pneumatic cylinders, said air holding tank being adapted for selectively providing said plurality of pneumatic cylinders with compressed air, said pneumatic system being operationally coupled to a control panel, said control panel being positioned inside the vehicle such that said pneumatic system being adapted for selectively extending said plurality of pneumatic cylinders for the purpose of selectively raising the vehicle off of the ground to facilitate servicing of the vehicle; wherein said plurality of pneumatic cylinders includes: a front left cylinder member, said front left cylinder member being fixedly coupled to a frame portion of the vehicle proximate a front left tire of the vehicle, wherein said front left cylinder member is for raising the front left section of the vehicle so that the front left tire is off of the ground; a front right cylinder member, said front right cylinder member being fixedly coupled to a frame portion of the vehicle proximate a front right tire of the vehicle, wherein said front right cylinder member is for raising the front right section of the vehicle to that the front right tire is off of the ground; a back left cylinder member, said back left cylinder member being fixedly coupled to a frame portion of the vehicle proximate a back left tire of the vehicle, wherein said back left cylinder member is for raising the back left section of the vehicle so that the back left tire is off of the ground; and a back right cylinder member, said back right cylinder member being fixedly coupled to a frame portion of the vehicle proximate a back right tire of the vehicle, wherein said back right cylinder member is for raising the back right section of the vehicle so that the back right tire off of the ground; wherein said front left cylinder and said back left cylinder are in fluid communication with each other such that said front and back left cylinders are extendable simultaneously, wherein said front right cylinder and said back right cylinder are in fluid communication with each other such that said front and back right cylinders are extendable simultaneously; said air holding tank of said pneumatic system being fixedly coupled to the vehicle and being positioned such that said air holding tank is accessible to a user for the purpose of filling said air holding tank with compressed air; each of said plurality of pneumatic cylinders of said pneumatic system comprising a mounting portion, a cylinder portion, and a support portion, said mounting portion being located proximate an upper end of said cylinder portion, said mounting portion being adapted for being fixedly coupled to the frame portion of the vehicle, said support portion being positioned proximate a lower end of said cylinder portion, said cylinder portion being adapted for receiving compressed air from said air holding tank thereby biasing said support portion of said cylinder downwardly until contacting the ground thus biasing the vehicle upwardly; each of said pneumatic cylinder including an air line, each of said air lines being adapted for pneumatically coupling said air holding tank to a respective one of said pneumatic cylinders; said control panel including a plurality of control buttons, each of said control buttons being accessible to the user such that said control buttons of said control panel are for selectively controlling an amount of compressed air delivered to each of said pneumatic cylinders from said air holding tank; wherein said front left and back left cylinders are rigidly connected together; and wherein said front right and back right cylinders are rigidly connected together.