Patent ID: 6626423
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B66F,Y10S

Abstract:
A combination for use with a vehicle jack constructed and arranged to be positioned underneath a motor vehicle and then moved through raising and lowering movements under a transmittal of force thereto to affect raising and lowering movements of the vehicle, said combination comprising:an elongated rigid jack operating tool having an exterior surface and a pair of opposing end portions spaced apart in a longitudinal direction thereof, at least one of said end portions being constructed and arranged to be coupled in force transmitting relation with the vehicle jack such that moving the tool transmits force to the jack to move the jack through the aforesaid raising and lowering movements thereof; a longitudinal entry tool retainer constructed and arranged to be fixedly mounted to the vehicle, said tool retainer having a tool receiving space and resiliently movable tool engaging structure providing a tool engaging surface facing into the tool receiving space, the resiliently movable tool engaging structure also providing a cam surface; said tool and said tool retainer being constructed and arranged to enable said tool to be mounted to said tool retainer by moving said tool in the longitudinal direction thereof into said tool receiving space such that said tool contacts the cam surface of said tool engaging structure and cams the cam surface to urge said tool engaging structure against the resiliency thereof to accommodate ingress of said tool into said tool receiving space and such that said tool engaging structure thereafter forcibly engages said tool engaging surface thereof against the exterior surface of said tool to frictionally inhibit movement of the tool in the longitudinal direction thereof.