US 12,187,175 B1
Tow truck wheel lift assemblies
Iman Nonahal, Tarzana, CA (US)
Filed by Iman Nonahal, Tarzana, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,296.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,621, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/130,350, filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Int. Cl. B60P 1/48 (2006.01); B60P 3/075 (2006.01); F15B 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 1/48 (2013.01) [B60P 3/075 (2013.01); F15B 15/1423 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel lift apparatus of a tow truck, the wheel lift apparatus comprising:
a first hydraulic wheel lift assembly comprising:
a first set of one or more hydraulically operated arms configured to attach to a body of the tow truck at a first location; and
a first wheel retainer structure connected to the first set of hydraulically operated arms, the first wheel retainer structure configured to hold a first pair of wheels of a vehicle off the ground during a towing operation; and
a second hydraulic wheel lift assembly configured to extend and retract below the first hydraulic wheel lift assembly, the second hydraulic wheel lift assembly comprising:
a second set of one or more hydraulically operated arms configured to attach to the body of the tow truck at a second location; and
a second wheel retainer structure connected to the second set of hydraulically operated arms, the second wheel retainer structure configured to hold a second pair of wheels of the vehicle, which are located farther to the tow truck than the first pair of wheels, during the towing operation, the second wheel retainer structure comprising:
a first shaft configured to connect to a first towing wheel that keeps a first wheel in the second pair of the wheels of the vehicle off the ground;
a first wheel retainer configured to hold the first wheel in the second pair of the wheels of the vehicle;
a second shaft configured to connect to a second towing wheel that keeps a second wheel in the second pair of the wheels of the vehicle off the ground; and
a second wheel retainer configured to hold the second wheel in the second pair of the wheels of the vehicle.