Boom hoist for attachment to a trailer hitch drawbar

Claim 1

For use with a load-carrying vehicle equipped with a hollow rectangular drawbar extending rearwardly therefrom as part of a hitch, the boom-type hoist which comprises: a rigid tubular stanchion; a rectangular tongue projecting forwardly from said stanchion intermediate the ends thereof for telescopic engagement with the drawbar, said tongue when so engaged cooperating with the drawbar to maintain the stanchion in an upright position with the lower end thereof raised off the ground; means detachably interconnecting said tongue and drawbar in telescoped relation; means comprising a retractable foot telescoped into the lower end of the stanchion for movement between an extended ground-engaging position supporting the stanchion together with any load carried thereby and a retracted position elevated clear of the ground; a collar mounted on said stanchion, said collar having a top surface; a sleeve telescopingly receiving said stanchion and being movable axially of said stanchion, said sleeve having an upper end and a lower end with said sleeve lower end resting on top of said collar top surface to be supported thereby on the upper end of the stanchion for relative rotational movement; a rigid arm projecting from said sleeve upper end and cooperating therewith to define a rotatable boom having a remote end; and winch means having a cable wound thereon mounted on the sleeve for rotational movement therewith, said winch cable having a portion thereof reaved along the boom and over its remote end into position for attachment to a load, said elements cooperating with one another to define a hoist for raising a load off the ground and swinging it into the load-carrying vehicle, and said foot in retracted position permitting the load-carrying vehicle and any load carried therein to be transported from place to place while the hoist remains attached to the latter.