Patent ID: 11884245
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. Apparatus coupled to a receiver hitch for raising and lower a container with first and second solid outer side panels, the apparatus comprising:
a fork-shaped frame having a front member configured to be received by a vehicle receiver hitch, and a pair of right and left spaced-apart rearwardly extending members terminating in right and left ends;
a pair of pivot arms, each with first and second ends;
wherein the first end of each pivot arm is pivotably coupled to a respective one of the right and left ends of the fork-shaped frame, and the second end of each pivot arm is pivotably coupled to a respective one of the first and second outer side panels of the container; and
an extensible/retractable mechanism including a pair of hydraulic cylinders, each cylinder being connected between the frame and a respective one of the pivot arms causing the pivot arms to swing up and down between transport and deployed states, and wherein: in the transport state, the container is lifted above a ground surface, and in the deployed state the container is lowered toward a ground surface.