Quick connect/disconnect wheel cradle arrangement for wheel lift towing systems.

摘要

Wheel cradles (140a,b) for a wheel lift towing system are quickly and easily coupled to or uncoupled from opposing ends of a cross arm assembly (120) associated with a towing vehicle. The cradles are coupled to the cross arm by sliding the cradles laterally inward in a substantially horizontal plane from outside the ends of the cross arm. Such lateral insertion facilitates coupling of the wheel cradles to the cross arm in situations of difficult access to the towed vehicles wheels. The cradles are decoupled from the cross arm by sliding the cradles laterally outward in a substantially horizontal plane following concurrent actuation of the rotatable pivot means and depressible plunger means. Such concurrent actuation prevents premature decoupling of the wheel cradles during operation of the towing vehicle.