Device particularly suited for use in handling hoods of motorized vehicles

Claim 1

An article handling device particularly suited for use in the removal and installation of hoods for motorized vehicles, such as automobiles and the like, comprising: A. hood support means adapted to be attached to a hood of a selected vehicle at a plurality of mutually spaced points including a bar adapted to be extended transversely of the hood, a pair of suspension rods arranged in substantial parallelism and extended in a common direction from the opposite ends of said bar, each of said rods being characterized by an angulated end portion adapted to engage the hood at one end thereof and support the hood in a captured relationship, and stabilizing means for stabilizing the hood as it is supported by the suspension rods including a retainer rod extended in substantial parallelism with said pair of suspension rods having an end portion of an angulated configuration adapted to engage and capture the hood at the end thereof opposite said one end; and B. transport means connected in supporting relation with the hood support means for repositioning the hood relative to a given vehicle including a head having a base plate, means pivotally coupling the base plate to said bar, a pivotal boom mounted on a horizontally movable dolly, and means for removably connecting the base plate to the boom near one end thereof.