Patent ID: 11945409
Assignee: MECHANEN LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A cargo carrying system for a vehicle roof, the system comprising:
a front subsystem affixed to a front of the vehicle roof; and
a rear subsystem affixed to a rear of the vehicle roof;
wherein each of said front subsystem and said rear subsystem comprises an extrusion guide rail,
wherein each extrusion guide rail slidably engaging a respective sliding block,
wherein each respective sliding block comprises:
a translational actuator for synchronous side-to-side movement of the respective sliding block across the vehicle roof, and
an elevation mechanism,

wherein the elevation mechanism comprises:
a primary arm having a first primary end and a second primary end; and
a secondary arm having a first secondary end and second secondary end,

wherein said first primary end of said primary arm pivotably attaches to a corresponding sliding block,
wherein said second primary end of said primary arm hingeably attaches to said first secondary end of said secondary arm,
wherein said second secondary end of the secondary arm attaches to a cargo platform bracket,
wherein said primary arm and said secondary arms are reversibly moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position,
wherein said secondary arm is nested within said primary arm in said unfolded position, and
wherein said secondary arm extends from said primary arm so as to raise and lower said cargo-platform bracket along a side of the vehicle.