Patent ID: 8950775
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B60D,B64F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A receiver device mountable on a tug and engaged with a landing gear adapter unit, the landing gear adapter unit including a tow bar with a central portion connecting a pair of spaced-apart arm portions, the receiver device comprising: a central boundary surface portion defining a boundary of a travel path for the central portion of the tow bar; a mounting portion for mounting the receiver device on the tug in an operative configuration with a landing gear-receiving base operably attached to the mounting portion; and at least one releasable locking portion movable, by the central portion of the tow bar travelling along the travel path, between an unlocked position where the central portion of the tow bar is distal to the central boundary surface portion and a locked position where the central portion of the tow bar is proximal to the central boundary surface portion and the mounting portion is locked in the operative configuration.