Adapter for lifting a vehicle using a vehicle jack
An adapter for a vehicle jack comprises a puck, a riser, and an optional nipple. The puck has a puck bottom surface, a puck top surface, and a puck sidewall having a puck first exterior dimension. The riser extends from the puck top surface and has a riser top surface and a riser sidewall having a second exterior dimension. The optional nipple extends from the riser top surface and has a nipple top surface and a nipple sidewall having a third exterior dimension. The puck bottom surface is configured to associate with a top surface of a jack pad of the vehicle jack while the nipple is configured to associate with a portion of a vehicle chassis.
1 . An adapter ( 100 ) for lifting a vehicle using a vehicle jack ( 10 ) comprising:
a puck ( 110 ) having a puck bottom surface ( 111 ), a puck top surface ( 112 ) opposite the puck bottom surface, and a puck sidewall ( 113 ) extending between the puck bottom surface and the puck top surface, said puck sidewall having a first exterior dimension;
a riser ( 120 ) extending from the puck top surface, said riser having a riser top surface ( 121 ) and a riser sidewall ( 122 ), said riser sidewall having a second exterior dimension; and
a nipple ( 130 ) extending from the riser top surface, said nipple having a nipple top surface ( 131 ) and a nipple sidewall ( 132 ), said nipple sidewall having a third exterior dimension.
2 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the nipple has a radial cross sectional profile shape selected from the group consisting of a circle, an oval, a triangle, a quadrilateral, a heptagon, a hexagon, or an octagon.
3 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the nipple sidewall comprises an o-ring groove ( 133 ), and the adapter further comprises an o-ring ( 140 ) connected to the nipple at the o-ring groove.
4 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein a radial cross sectional profile shape of the nipple is a circle.
5 . The adapter of claim 4 , wherein the nipple sidewall is threaded.
6 . The adapter of claim 4 , wherein the nipple sidewall comprises a snap-ring groove, and the adapter further comprises a snap-ring connected to the nipple at the snap-ring groove.
7 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the first exterior dimension of the puck sidewall is greater than the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall.
8 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the first exterior dimension of the puck sidewall is less than the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall.
9 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall is greater than the third exterior dimension of the nipple sidewall.
10 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the puck bottom surface comprises a nipple receiving hole ( 114 ) configured to receive a second nipple of a second adapter.
11 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the adapter comprises a rigid material selected from the group consisting of steel, aluminum, cast iron, titanium, wood, rigid polymer materials, composite materials, and combinations thereof.
12 . The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the puck bottom surface is configured to associate with a top surface of a jack pad ( 15 ) of the vehicle jack, and the nipple is configured to associate with a portion of a vehicle chassis ( 50 ) of the vehicle.
13 . The adapter of claim 2 , wherein the nipple sidewall comprises an o-ring groove ( 133 ), and the adapter further comprises an o-ring ( 140 ) connected to the nipple at the o-ring groove.
14 . The adapter of claim 2 , wherein the adapter comprises a rigid material selected from the group consisting of steel, aluminum, cast iron, titanium, wood, rigid polymer materials, composite materials, and combinations thereof.
15 . The adapter of claim 3 , wherein the first exterior dimension of the puck sidewall is greater than the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall.
16 . The adapter of claim 3 , wherein the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall is greater than the third exterior dimension of the nipple sidewall.
17 . The adapter of claim 3 , wherein the adapter comprises a rigid material selected from the group consisting of steel, aluminum, cast iron, titanium, wood, rigid polymer materials, composite materials, and combinations thereof.
18 . The adapter of claim 13 , wherein the first exterior dimension of the puck sidewall is greater than the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall.
19 . The adapter of claim 13 , wherein the second exterior dimension of the riser sidewall is greater than the third exterior dimension of the nipple sidewall.
20 . The adapter of claim 13 , wherein the adapter comprises a rigid material selected from the group consisting of steel, aluminum, cast iron, titanium, wood, rigid polymer materials, composite materials, and combinations thereof.