Patent ID: 6948538

Claim:
In a fueling crane comprising an extensible fueling boom rotatably mounted upon a vertical fuel inlet pipe affixed to a mounting pedestal, said extensible fueling boom comprising a pair of substantially equal length sections of rigid tubing, a sealed, hollow jointed elbow coupling, a boom mount, a substantially vertical Tee, a rotatable bearing, a flexible hose section, an automatic fueling nozzle, a nozzle guard, a framework and a means for returning, said extensible fueling boom having a first end of a first section of said rigid tubing affixed to a mount end of said boom mount, said sealed, hollow jointed elbow coupling affixed to an opposite end of said first section and to one end of said second section of said rigid tubing, said second section having a breakaway coupling affixed to an opposite end thereof with said short flexible hose section extending therefrom, said flexible hose section terminating in said automatic fueling nozzle, said boom mount rotatably mounted upon said substantially vertical Tee, said substantially vertical Tee having said framework mounted thereto and rotatably carried thereby, said framework carrying said nozzle guard and said means for returning, the improvement wherein said boom mount comprises a J-shaped joint which offsets said extensible fueling boom from a substantially vertical alignment with said vertical tee, said J-shaped joint facilitating extension of said extensible fueling boom from said storage position.