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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel E Beduhn, Manitowoc, WI (US);
James G Morrow, Sr, Manitowoc, WI (US);
David J Pech, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
212 48 ; 212 66 ;
Abstract
A crane assembly which, in heavy lifting configuration, has a platform with boom carrier and counterweight support rotatably mounted on a ring with the mounting including a king pin removably secured to the ring. The platform will easily accept a variety of hoisting machinery. Not only are the boom, mast and ring suitable for other crane configurations, but also the counterweight support and boom carrier are standard subcombinations held rigid with the platform through links defining triangular frames.