Patent ID: 7111744

Claim:
A crane mount assembly for mounting a mechanical device to a utility vehicle having frame members, a body subframe, and a floor plate, comprising: a torsion cell base securable to the vehicle frame members; a crane tower secured to and extending vertically from a portion of the torsion cell base; wherein the torsion cell base is comprised of a pair of longitudinal members in spaced alignment a plurality of transverse members extending between the longitudinal members; an uppermost plate secured between the longitudinal members and transverse members that extends horizontally to form an upper surface of the torsion cell base; a lowermost plate secured between the longitudnal members and transverse members that extends horizontally to form a bottom surface of the torsion cell base; wherein the uppermost plate is secured in parallel spaced relation to the lowermost plate; and wherein a top surface of the uppermost plate is located within a same horizontal plane as a top surface of the plurality of transverse members and a top surface of the pair of longitudinal members.