Patent ID: 6840540

Claim:
A support strut for a mobile working machine, with a strut body ( 38 ) pivotable on a vehicle chassis ( 10 ) about a vertical pivot axis ( 32 ), with a telescopic part ( 40 ) telescopically displaceable relative to the strut body ( 38 ) and with a foot part ( 26 ) provided at the outboard end of the telescopic part ( 40 ), wherein a double-acting hydraulic cylinder ( 42 ) extends through the strut body and the telescopic part, the cylinder ( 42 ) connected at its respective ends to securing points ( 46 , 50 ) in the area of opposing ends of the strut body ( 38 ) and the telescopic part ( 40 ), and wherein the vertical pivot axis ( 32 ) is defined by divided bearings ( 54 ) located on the strut body ( 38 ) spaced axially a distance (S) from the cylinder inboard securing point ( 46 ) in the direction of the foot part ( 26 ), and so positioned, that said vertical pivot axis transects the axis of displacement ( 52 ) of the hydraulic cylinder ( 42 ).