Swing down fuel tank bracket

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B - Operations, Transporting

60

K

B60K 15/067 (2006.01) B66F 9/075 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2641619

The invention relates to a method for maneuvering a cradle of a tank bracket supporting a fuel tank from a retracted position to an extended position in a single stage, comprising: disengaging a latch; and rotating the cradle about a hinge that is attached to a first end of the cradle such that a second end of the cradle moves along a trajectory downward and outward from a frame of the tank bracket to the extended position, wherein, the rotating the cradle laterally extends a gas spring operatively connecting the cradle and the frame, and wherein the gas spring generates a force that at least partially balances a force generated by a combined weight of the fuel tank and the cradle.

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