Vehicle repair device

Claim 1

IN A FRAME AND BODY STRAIGHTENER HAVING AN ELONGATED MAIN BEAM PROVIDED WITH A FORCE APPLYING ARM FOR TRANSMITTING RESTORATIVE FORCE TO A WORKPIECE, A REACTION MEMBER FORMED BY A PAIR OF SIDE PLATES RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED AT THE UPPER PORTIONS BY A TRANSVERSE INTEGRAL THRUST ABSORBING END WALL WITH THEIR LOWER DEPENDING PORTIONS SPANNING THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MAIN BEAM, SAID MEMBER SIDE PLATES BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED ABUTMENTS BOTH SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID SIDE PLATES SPACED DISTANCES BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF THE INTERCONNECTING END WALL, SAID ABUTMENTS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH OPPOSED SURFACES OF THE BEAM AND BEING LATERALLY OFFSET WITH THE LOWERMOST ABUTMENT POSITITONED ADJACENT TO THE EXTENDED PLANE OF SAID END WALL AND THE UPPERMOST ABUTMENT POSITIONED REMOTE FROM SAID PLANE, WHEREBY SAID ABUTMENTS FORM FORCE ABSORBING BEARINGS PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT OF SAID MEMBER ALONG THE BEAM UPON APPLICATION OF FORCE THERETO IN ONE DIRECTION WITH SAID MEMBER BEING TILTABLE IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN UNLOADED TO RELEASE SAID ABUTMENTS FOR FREE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER ALONG THE BEAM.