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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Randy L. Schutt, Holland, MI (US);
Randy L. Schutt, Holland, MI (US);
SAF-Holland, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A landing gear assembly comprises a first leg member adapted to couple to a vehicle frame member, and a second member operably coupled to the first leg member and moveable between a raised storage position and a lowered in-use position. The landing gear assembly further comprises a flexible member operably coupled with the drive mechanism and the second leg, such that the drive mechanism extends the flexible member and moves the second leg from the storage position to the in-use position, and wherein the flexible member is adapted to support a weight exerted on the first and second legs. In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the flexible member comprises a ribbon constructed of natural fibers. Other embodiments comprise additional pulleys and flexible members adapted to raise the second leg member from the in-use position to the raised storage position.