Material or article handling – Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
Patent
1982-07-01
1984-03-27
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Vehicle attached auxiliary carriers
224310, B60R 904
Patent
active
044390866
ABSTRACT:
A loader permitting a boat to be conveniently lifted from an upright position alongside a vehicle to an inverted position atop the vehicle includes a pair of tracks extending transversely across the top of the vehicle and downwardly along the side of the vehicle, and a carriage mounted for travel along the tracks between a raised transport position and a lowered loading and unloading position. A cable is connected with a winch and extends around a pair of sheaves located on opposite sides of the carriage to extend from the winch to a lower or far side sheave, then to an upper or near side sheave, and then to the boat. In loading a boat, retracting the cable first tilts the boat sideways into contact with the carriage and then raises both the carriage and the boat to the transport position. The apparatus permits a boat to be loaded onto or unloaded from the top of a vehicle used to tow another vehicle such as a camping trailer without the need to first unhitch the trailer.
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Krizek Janice
Spar Robert J.
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