US 12,491,844 B2
Compact outrigger device
Nicholas Belluccia, Roanoke, VA (US); James A. Downing, Salem, VA (US); Bryan Plunkett, Roanoke, VA (US); Matt Tolley, Salem, VA (US); and Harold Davidson, Elizabethtown, KY (US)
Assigned to Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US)
Filed by Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/435,394.
Prior Publication US 2025/0249869 A1, Aug. 7, 2025
Int. Cl. B60S 9/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 9/12 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outrigger assembly configured to be removably attached to a utility vehicle, the outrigger assembly comprising:
a first leg assembly comprising a first upper portion and a first lower portion, the first leg assembly rotatably coupled to the utility vehicle at the first upper portion;
a first tilt actuator configured to transition the first leg assembly between a stowed configuration and an out configuration,
wherein the first leg assembly is stowed within a maximum width and a maximum height of the utility vehicle in the stowed configuration,
wherein the first leg assembly is rotated away from the utility vehicle in the out configuration;
a first extension actuator configured to transition the first leg assembly between the out configuration and a fully deployed configuration,
wherein the first leg assembly is rotated away from the utility vehicle and at least partially in contact with a ground surface in the fully deployed configuration;
a second leg assembly comprising a second upper portion and a second lower portion, the second leg assembly rotatably coupled to the utility vehicle at the second upper portion;
a second tilt actuator configured to transition the second leg assembly between the stowed configuration and the out configuration,
wherein the second leg assembly is stowed within the maximum width and the maximum height of the utility vehicle in the stowed configuration,
wherein the second leg assembly is rotated away from the utility vehicle in the out configuration;
a second extension actuator configured to transition the second leg assembly between the out configuration and the fully deployed configuration,
wherein the second leg assembly is rotated away from the utility vehicle and at least partially in contact with the ground surface in the fully deployed configuration;
a first plurality of mount locations, each configured to be removably attached to the first upper portion of the first leg assembly and act as a first pivot point,
wherein the first leg assembly rotates with respect to the first pivot point; and
a second plurality of mount locations, each configured to be removably attached to the second upper portion of the second leg assembly and act as a second pivot point,
wherein the second leg assembly rotates with respect to the second pivot point.