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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM A. NASH, OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS.
DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING AUTOMOBILES FROM MUD, SANT OR DITCHES.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 18, 1920.
Application filed October 13, 1919. Serial No. 330,297.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. NASH,
citizen of the United States, residing at
Plainview, in the county of Hale and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Devices for Ex-
tracting Automobiles from Mud, Sand, or
Ditches, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
10 This invention relates to a readily port-
able, and easily applied device for extract-
ing automobiles from mud, sand, or ditches.
The invention comprises a telescoping
lever having pivoted foot portions adapted
15 to engage the ground and successively lift
and advance the vehicle until it is clear of
the obstruction. It can be applied to either
side of the vehicle and is reversible, so that
the vehicle can be moved either forward or
20 backward, and is operable from the driver's
seat.
With this object in view the invention
consists in the novel features of construction
hereinafter described, pointed out in the
25 claims and shown in the accompanying
drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the for-
ward portion of an automobile having my
invention applied thereto in position for use.
30 Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2
of Fig. 1..
Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a bolt
retaining plate.
Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of
35 Fig. 1.
In the drawing 1 designates the running
board of an automobile. On the underside
of this is secured a plate 2 having end
flanges 3, and held by said flanges is a bolt
40 4, slidable longitudinal in the flanges and
held against rattling by a spring 5. When
pushed outwardly, as in Fig. 2, the bolt
forms a fulcrum for the operating lever.
For -convenience of storage in the auto-
45 mobile I form the operating lever in sec-
tions, comprising a tube 6 which receives a
rod 7. The rod is provided with a collar
8 adjacent one end of the rod which limits
its telescoping movement into the tube 6, the
50 tube serving as a portion of the lever and
also as a holder for the upper rod section.
Adjacent its lower end the tube 6 has on
one side a downwardly open hook 9 adapted
to fit over the projecting portion of the bolt
55 4. Above the hook is a bracket 10 and at
the lower end of the tube 6 is a bracket 11.Arms 12 and 13 are pivoted respectively to
these brackets, and the arms terminate in
claw feet, 12a and 131.
It will be understood that a plate 2 and 60
bolt 4 will be placed on each running board,
so that the device above described can be
applied to either side of the vehicle.
By reversing the device the lever can be
applied on either front or rear side of the 65
bolt, thereby forcing the automobile either
forward or backward.
When the device is not in use it is carried
in the automobile with the longer portion
of the rod 7 telescoped in the tube. When it 70
is to be used, the rod is withdrawn, reversed
and the other end inserted in the tube, there-
by increasing the length of the lever, the
bolt is drawn outwardly, the hook engaged
with it, and the lever worked back and forth. 75
The claw feet are pushed into the ground
where they will secure a good grip, and the
vehicle lifted and pushed either forwardly
or rearwardly, depending on the manner in
which the device is engaged with the bolt 4. 80
The bolt forms a fulcrum for the turning
movement of the lever, and as one claw foot
is holding the other is advancing to take a
new grip, and the vehicle is thus urged con-
tinuously forward. By means of this device 85
a wheel can be readily lifted or forced from
a deep rut, mud hole, or ditch or the vehicle
forced out of deep sand.
The device is simple and durable, and re-
quires no gears, chains or posts. and has the 90
further advantage that it can be applied
and put into use without the driver dis-
moimting.
What I claim is:-
1. In a device of the kind described, a 95
lever, a hook member thereon, pivoted arms
having foot portions carried by the lever,
and means carried by a vehicle and form-
ing a fulcrum for said hook member.
2. The combination with the. running 100
board of an automobile, a spring pressed,
longitudinally slidable bolt carried trans-
versely by the -under side of the running
board, a lever having a lateral hook mem-
ber adapted to engage said bolt when pushed 105
outwardly, and arms pivotally connected to
the lever and adapted to engage the ground.
3. The combination with an automobile,
of a bolt transversely and slidably carried
by the under side of the running board, a 110
tubular lever, an extension rod adapted to
telescope in the lever, a hook carried by one1,340,238.
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Nash, William A. Device for Extracting Automobiles from Mud, Sand, or Ditches, patent, May 18, 1920; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258304/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.