Safety guard for ram of hydraulic hoist

Claim 2

FOR USE ON A PUSH ROD EXTENDING FROM THE CYLINDER OF AN HYDRAULIC RAM AND HAVING A BOSS AT ITS OPPOSITE END SECURED TO A CROSS ROD FOR PUSHING THE SAME; A SAFETY GUARD COMPRISING A TUBULAR STRUT OF A DIAMETER AND LENGTH TO FIT SAID ROD IN ITS EXTENDED CONDITION, SAID TUBULAR STRUT CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF TUBULAR HALVES HAVING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE MEETING LINES AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED ADJACENT THE MEETING LINE ON ONE SIDE OF SAID TUBULAR HALVES WHEREBY SAID HALVES ARE OPENABLE FOR MOUNTING ON SAID EXTENDED ROD, AND A LOCKING MEANS BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR HALVES AT THE OPPOSITE MEETING LINE THEREOF FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID TUBULAR HALVES RELATIVE TO SAID EXTENDED ROD.

Claim 3

THE COMBINATION WITH AN HYDRAULIC RAM OF A DUMP TRUCK WHEREIN THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HAS ITS CLOSED END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE TRUCK CHASSIS AND HAS A PUSH ROD EXTENDING FROM ITS OPPOSITE END WHICH PUSH ROD HAS ITS FREE END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SWING UP FRAME OF THE DUMP TRUCK BODY FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE SAME; A SAFETY GUARD COMPRISING A TUBULAR STUCT OF A DIAMETER AND LENGTH TO FIT SAID PUSH ROD IN ITS FULLY EXTENDED CONDITION AND SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY ALONG DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE MEETING LINES FOR APPLICATION TO SAID PUSH ROD, A HINGE HAVING EACH OF ITS WINGS SECURED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID TUBULAR HALVES ADJACENT ONE OF SAID MEETING LINES FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID TUBULAR HALVES UPON SAID PUSH ROD, AN APERTURED EAR SECURED TO EACH OF SAID TUBULAR HALVES ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE MEETING LINE THEREOF, SAID EARS LYING IN PARALLEL RELATION ADJACENT EACH OTHER WITH THEIR APERTURES ALIGNED WHEN SAID TUBULAR HALVES ARE CLOSED, AND MEANS EXTENDABLE THROUGH THE ALIGNED APERTURES OF SAID EARS FOR SECURING THEM TOGETHER.

Claim 4

THE COMBINATION WITH AN HYDRAULIC RAM OF A DUMP TRUCK WHEREIN THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HAS ITS CLOSED END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE TRUCK CHASSIS AND HAS A PUSH ROD EXTENDING FROM ITS OPPOSITE END WHICH PUSH ROD HAS ITS FREE END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE SWING UP FRAME OF THE DUMP TRUCK BODY FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE SAME; A SAFETY GUARD COMPRISING A TUBULAR STUCT OF A DIAMETER AND LENGTH TO FIT SAID PUSH ROD IN ITS FULLY EXTENDED CONDITION AND SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY ALONG DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE MEETING LINES FOR APPLICATION TO SAID PUSH ROD, A HINGE HAVING EACH OF ITS WINGS SECURED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID TUBULAR HALVES ADJACENT ONE OF SAID MEETING LINES FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID TUBULAR HALVES UPON SAID PUSH ROD, AN APERTURED EAR SECURED TO EACH OF SAID TUBULAR HALVES ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE MEETING LINE THEREOF, SAID EARS LYING IN PARALLEL RELATION ADJACENT EACH OTHER WITH THEIR APERTURES ALIGNED WHEN SAID TUBULAR HALVES ARE CLOSED, AND MEANS EXTENDABLE THROUGH THE ALIGNED APERTURES OF SAID EARS FOR SECURING THEM TOGETHER.