Patent ID: 7549313
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: B21D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle connection device for a vehicle frame and body straightening jig and comprising: (a) a first support plate having a post hole formed therethrough; (b) an upright sleeve coupled with said first support plate in alignment with said post hole and including a plurality of circumferentially spaced sleeve apertures; (c) a vehicle support post received within said sleeve and through said post hole, said support post including a plurality of vertically space post apertures, said post apertures cooperating with said sleeve apertures to enable axial and angular adjustment of said post relative to said sleeve; (d) a frame connection device positioned at an end of said support post and enabling connection to a frame or body of a vehicle, said frame connection device being a pinch weld clamp and including: (e) a locking pin receivable through one of said sleeve apertures and into a selected aligned post aperture thereby enabling vertical and angular adjustment and locking in place of said frame connection device; (f) a second support plate slidably engaged with said sleeve and positioned in spaced relation above said first support plate; (g) ground engaging wheels coupled with said first support plate; and (h) a plurality of threaded clamp fasteners engaged between said first and second support plates and operable to urge said support plates into adjustable clamping engagement with a movable horizontal component of said jig.