Mobile plant stabiliser 2 including an extendible leg 4 and a load distributing foot 12 connected to the extendible leg 4, wherein the foot 12 includes a primary part 14 and an extension part 18 connected to the primary part 14 by a hinge 20 enabling the extension part 18 to rotate relative to the primary part 14 to and from a deployed position in which the extension part 18 extends laterally outwardly from the primary part 14. There may be two extension parts 18 on opposite sides of the primary part 14. There may be at least one retention member 50 to hold the or each extension part 18 in the non-deployed position, which may be disengaged when the leg 4 is extended. There may be at least one proximity sensor 54 for sensing a predetermined stage in a deployment sequence for the stabiliser 2. The retention mechanism may be in the form of hooks 50 or a compression spring (122 figures 10, 11 and 13) or abutment rods (164 figures 14 and 16 to 18).
Stabiliser
2016-05-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66C Krane , CRANES |