This invention relates generally to lifting devices and, more particularly, to a lifting device that attaches to the front or rear of a vehicle for lifting the front or rear wheels off the ground.
When needing to change a tire, install tire chains, or needing to work on the underside of the vehicle, it is sometimes difficult to find a good place along the side of the vehicle to position a jack. Another problem with vehicle jacks is that they are sometimes insecure due to uneven ground, lack of a stable position beneath the vehicle frame, or jack product failure.
Various devices have been proposed for a vehicle jack used in cooperation with a vehicle receiver hitch. While the existing devices and proposals are assumably effective for their intended uses, the existing devices do not enable a user to effectively and safely raise either end of a vehicle or to secure the jack in a raised position in case the jack itself fails.
Therefore, it would be desirable to have a lifting device that enables a user to lift the front or rear wheels of a vehicle. Further, it would be desirable to have a lifting device that provides additional safety to a user by holding a vehicle in a raised position even if the jack itself fails to hold. In addition, it would be desirable to have a lifting device that is compact and easy to store.