US 11,970,144 B2
Outrigger footpad retainer system and method of use
Robert Warren Reyes, Maumee, OH (US); Keith Raymond Bruner, Wauseon, OH (US); and Michael John Docis, Holland, OH (US)
Assigned to Bil-Jax, Inc., Archbold, OH (US)
Filed by Bil-Jax, Inc., Archbold, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,287.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,036, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0261100 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B60S 9/04 (2006.01); B60S 9/10 (2006.01); B66C 23/78 (2006.01); B66C 23/88 (2006.01); E02F 9/08 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 9/04 (2013.01) [B60S 9/10 (2013.01); B66C 23/78 (2013.01); B66C 23/88 (2013.01); E02F 9/085 (2013.01); F16C 11/0695 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32852 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outrigger footpad retainer system, comprising:
a spider, comprising:
an upper unit comprised of two legs connected to a first capture portion, and
a lower unit comprised of two legs connected to a second capture portion,
wherein the upper unit at least partially overlaps the lower unit,
wherein a ball stud is located within apertures of said first and second capture portions.