Patent ID: 9713977
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A cargo handling device for a vehicle, the vehicle having a cargo surface, the vehicle transporting a cargo over a surface, the cargo handling device, comprising: a base extending between a lower end and an upper end; said lower end of said base coupled to the cargo surface; a lower track extending between a proximal end and a distal end; said proximal end of said lower track coupled to said base; an upper track extending between a proximal end and a distal end; said proximal end of said upper track coupled to said base; a traveler having a lower track receiver and an upper track receiver; said lower track receiver of said traveler slidably engaging said lower track between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track; said upper track receiver of said traveler slidably engaging said upper track between said proximal end and said distal end of said upper track; a storage unit having a lower track receiver and an upper track receiver and extending between a proximal end and a distal end; said lower track receiver of said storage unit slidably engaging said lower track between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track; said upper track receiver of said storage unit slidably engaging said upper track between said proximal end and said distal end of said upper track; a linear actuator engaging said base and said traveler for displacing said traveler along said lower track and said upper track between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track and said upper track; a telescoping actuator defining a contracted length and an extended length; an upper actuator pivot pivotably coupling said telescoping actuator to said traveler, a lower actuator pivot pivotably coupling said telescoping actuator to said storage unit; said contracted length in said telescoping actuator maintaining said traveler abutting said proximal end of said storage unit during displacement of said traveler between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track and said upper track; said extended length in said telescoping actuator displacing said storage unit from said traveler upon said traveler positioned at said distal end of said lower track and said upper track; said extended length defining a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement of said storage unit from said traveler for positioning said storage unit adjacent the surface; and a cargo receiver coupled to said storage unit for engaging the cargo.