Patent ID: 7549313

Claim:
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: (1) a cross bar positioned at a top end of said post having a first jaw member secured thereto; (2) a second jaw member positioned in spaced relation to said first jaw member; and (3) a threaded jaw fastener engaged between said first jaw member and said second jaw member and operable to clampingly urge said second jaw member toward said first jaw member to thereby clamp a pinch weld of a vehicle body therebetween; (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.