Title: Portable crane with hoist mounting and outrigger support apparatus

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a hoist mounted on a frame of a pick up truck is illustrated wherein an auxiliary or supplemental support leg is provided outboard of the vehicle for supporting the hoist mechanism. The auxiliary support is provided by positioning an oscillable collar on a vertical hoist supporting column carried by the vehicle and providing a laterally extending arm fixed to the collar for carrying a vertically adjustable support leg thereon.

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Inventors: Hawkins, Wallace H.

Application Number: 629588
Filing Date: 1975-11-06
Publication_date: 1978-01-24
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Primary Class(es): 212/181 414/543
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US Patent Ref:

3384253	May, 1968	Wood	212/59.
3661274	May, 1972	Woodside et al.	212/59.
3752328	Aug, 1973	Balogh	212/145.
3792778	Feb, 1974	Sholl et al.	212/55.

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Primary Examiner: Spar, Robert J.
Assistant Examiner: Johnson, R. B.
Attorney: Bailey, Dority & Flint