Methods and apparatus for automobile damage correction

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR STRAIGHTENING DAMAGED AUTOMOBILES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A LONGITUDINAL BEAM SUPPORTED ON ANTI-FRICTION MEANS ENABLING A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS OF THE BEAM DURING THE STRAIGHTENING OPERATION AND SAID BEAM BEING CAPABLE OF HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF ITS LENGTH OPERATIVELY POSITIONED UNDER A PARKED AUTOMOBILE IN ANY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION WITH AN END PORTION OF SAID BEAM PROJECTING OUTSIDE THE OUTLINE OF THE AUTOMOBILE, FORCE REACTION MEANS ENGAGING SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ADJACENT ONE AND THEREOF AND CONSISTING OF A MEMBER WHICH IS OPERATIVELY APPLICABLE TO SAID AUTOMOBILE AT A LOCATION BEYOND THE POINT OF FRAME OR BODY DAMAGE, FOR THE RESISTANCE OF AN APPLIED FORCE DIRECTED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE SAID BEAM, A FORCE APPLYING SYSTEM COMPRISING A CANTILEVER TYPE MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE SAID BEAM TO A HIGHER ELEVATION THAN THE SAID REACTION MEMBER AND BEING SECURED TO SAID BEAM IS A FIXED AXIAL LOCATION ADJACENT AN END OPPOSITE FROM THE SAID REACTION MEMBER, A FORCE APPLYING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE SAID CANTILEVER TYPE MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO APPLY A FORCE DIRECTED GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BEAM, FLEXIBLE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED BETWEEN THE SAID AUTOMOBILE AND THE SAID FORCE APPLYING SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SELF-ALIGNING CORRECTIVE TENSILE FORCE TO SAID AUTOMOBILE, AND A SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ASSEMBLY, SAID SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS COMPRISING A FRAME, A SYSTEM OF ROTATABLE GROOVED PULLEYS MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME FOR THE RECEPTION OF MOVING FLEXIBLE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS, SAID FRAME HAVING MEANS TO ALIGN AND GUIDE THE SAID SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS ON THE SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ASSEMBLY, A FLEXIBLE STATIONARY FORCE REACTION MEANS CONNECTED FROM THE FORCE REACTION MEMBER ON ONE END OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM TO SAID SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS SECURING IT IN FIXED LONGITUDINAL POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ASSEMBLY, THE SAID FLEXIBLE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED FROM THE AUTOMOBILE, AROUND AT LEAST ONE OF THE SAID ROTATABLE GROOVED PULLEYS AND TO THE SAID FORCE APPLYING SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF MOVING TENSILE PULLING FORCES TO THE SAID AUTOMOBILE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE FORCE APPLIED BY THE SAID FORCE APPLYING MEANS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR STRAIGHTENING DAMAGED AUTOMOBILES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A LONGITUDINAL BEAM SUPPORTED ON ANTI-FRICTION MEANS ENABLING A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS OF THE BEAM DURING THE STRAIGHTENING OPERATION AND SAID BEAM BEING CAPABLE OF HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF ITS LENGTH OPERATIVELY POSITIONED UNDER A PARKED AUTOMOBILE IN ANY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION WITH AN END PORTION OF SAID BEAM PROJECTING OUTSIDE THE OUTLINE OF THE AUTOMOBILE, FORCE REACTION MEANS ENGAGING SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ADJACENT ONE AND THEREOF AND CONSISTING OF A MEMBER WHICH IS OPERATIVELY APPLICABLE TO SAID AUTOMOBILE AT A LOCATION BEYOND THE POINT OF FRAME OR BODY DAMAGE, FOR THE RESISTANCE OF AN APPLIED FORCE DIRECTED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE SAID BEAM, A FORCE APPLYING SYSTEM COMPRISING A CANTILEVER TYPE MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE SAID BEAM TO A HIGHER ELEVATION THAN THE SAID REACTION MEMBER AND BEING SECURED TO SAID BEAM IS A FIXED AXIAL LOCATION ADJACENT AN END OPPOSITE FROM THE SAID REACTION MEMBER, A FORCE APPLYING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE SAID CANTILEVER TYPE MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO APPLY A FORCE DIRECTED GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BEAM, FLEXIBLE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED BETWEEN THE SAID AUTOMOBILE AND THE SAID FORCE APPLYING SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SELF-ALIGNING CORRECTIVE TENSILE FORCE TO SAID AUTOMOBILE, AND A SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ASSEMBLY, SAID SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS COMPRISING A FRAME, A SYSTEM OF ROTATABLE GROOVED PULLEYS MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME FOR THE RECEPTION OF MOVING FLEXIBLE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS, SAID FRAME HAVING MEANS TO ALIGN AND GUIDE THE SAID SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS ON THE SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ASSEMBLY, A FLEXIBLE STATIONARY FORCE REACTION MEANS CONNECTED FROM THE FORCE REACTION MEMBER ON ONE END OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM TO SAID SECONDARY FORCE TRANSMISSION MEANS SECURING IT IN FIXED LONGITUDINAL POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE SAID LONGITUDINAL BEAM ASSEMBLY, THE SAID FLEXIBLE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED FROM THE AUTOMOBILE, AROUND AT LEAST ONE OF THE SAID ROTATABLE GROOVED PULLEYS AND TO THE SAID FORCE APPLYING SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF MOVING TENSILE PULLING FORCES TO THE SAID AUTOMOBILE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE FORCE APPLIED BY THE SAID FORCE APPLYING MEANS.