Patent ID: 7073821

Claim:
A stabilizer pad assembly for use with a stabilizer arm, the stabilizer pad assembly comprising: a pair of laterally spaced apart plate members each having one and another ends, the pair of plate members being pivotally attached to a stabilizer arm by a pin extending laterally between facing surfaces of respective plate members at said one free end thereof; at least one resilient pad formed with at least one passage extending transversely therethrough between opposite sides of said resilient pad, and having opposite work surfaces; said plate members having, at said another free end thereof, at least one receiving hole; and a retainer removeably engageable with said plate member receiving hole and said pad passage, removable to permit said resilient pad to be moved between said opposite working surfaces and to be re-engagable so as to permit selective positioning of either of said opposite working surfaces for use as a surface for ground engagement; wherein said pad is comprised of a plurality of resilient pad layers and a plurality of securing members that retain the layers together; wherein the securing members each have ends that are received in a corresponding slot in plate member edges at said another end.