Patent ID: 7686174

Claim:
Vehicle crane which comprises: a vehicle chassis having a horizontal axle, an upright axle, and brackets; a telescopic boom ( 3 ) that can luff on the horizontal axle and rotate on the upright axle with a pivot section ( 4 ), the telescopic boom ( 3 ) including first, second, third and fourth telescoping sections ( 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ) that can telescope out of the pivot section ( 4 ), and two anchor supports ( 6 ) connected to one of the telescoping sections or the pivot section so that said anchor supports are movable between a transportation position in which they are folded essentially parallel to each other against the telescoping or pivot section to which the anchor supports ( 6 ) are connected, and an operating position in which the anchor supports are spread apart into an erect, V-shaped, operating configuration, wherein the brackets are provided on the vehicle chassis next to the telescoping boom ( 3 ) such that when the telescoping boom ( 3 ) is lying in a horizontal position the anchor supports ( 6 ) can be removed from it and positioned on said brackets, from which said brackets the anchor supports ( 6 ) can be raised and/or unloaded by the telescoping boom ( 3 ) after appropriate luffing of boom ( 3 ).