Aircraft hangaring support

Claim 2

An aircraft hangaring support comprising a frame including side members, a pair of laterally spaced arms, aircraft wing engaging means attached to said arms, said aircraft wing engaging means being J-shaped with its long surface mounted on said arms and its short curved surface extending upwardly from a top surface of said arms, means for pivoting said arms about said frame whereby when said arms are pivoted upwardly an aircraft whose wings would be engaged in said wing engaging means will have the nose of its fuselage inclined toward the ground and the amount of hangar floor space required for storage will be greatly reduced.

Claim 3

An aircraft hangaring support comprising a frame including side members, a pair of laterally spaced arms, aircraft wing engaging means attached to said arms, means for pivoting said arms about said frame whereby when said arms are pivoted upwardly an aircraft whose wings would be engaged in said wing engaging means will have the nose of its fuselage inclined toward the ground and the amount of hangar floor space required for storage will be greatly reduced, said means for pivoting said arms about said frame comprises a pair of laterally spaced lever arms, each one being pivotally attached at one end to one of said arms, said pair of lever arms having means attached at their other ends to engage said frame.

Claim 4

An aircraft hangaring support comprising a frame including side members, a pair of laterally spaced arms, aircraft wing engaging means attached to said arms, means for pivoting said arms about said frame whereby when said arms are pivoted upwardly an aircraft whose wings would be engaged in said wing engaging means will have the nose of its fuselage inclined toward the ground and the amount of hangar floor space required for storage will be greatly reduced, said means for pivoting said arms about said frame comprises a pair of laterally spaced lever arms, each one being pivotally attached at one end to one of said arms, said pair of lever arms having means attached at their other ends to engage said frame.

Claim 5

An aircraft hangaring support as recited in claim 2 wherein said frame has rack bars secured to the side members and one of said pair of arms have pinions which engage the laterally spaced rack bars mounted on said frame.

Claim 6

An aircraft hangaring support as recited in claim 2 wherein said frame has rollers mounted thereunder to provide ease of moving the frame around.

Claim 7

An aircraft hangaring support as recited in claim 2 wherein the other ends of said pair of lever arms further comprises a shaft connected therebetween and journaled therein and having a pulley mounted thereon, and includes a winch mounted at the forward end of said frame having a cable passing therefrom out around said pulley and back to a position at the forward end of said frame where the end of the cable is attached.