Patent ID: 6705823
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A vehicle for lifting and transporting a container which is loaded and unloaded from the rear of the vehicle, said vehicle comprising:a base assembly attached to the vehicle, said base assembly including a horizontally-extending flat bed portion on which said base assembly is supported; a substantially L-shaped boom pivotably attached to said base assembly and including means for pivoting said substantially L-shaped boom relative to said base assembly, said substantially L-shaped boom having two segments connected to one another with a first segment of said two segments being pivotably attached to a left-side of said base assembly and a second segment of said two segments being pivotably attached to a right-side of said base assembly, with each of said two first and second segments having an upper portion and a lower portion with said lower portions being at an obtuse angle of from over 90Â° to approximately 140Â° relative to said upper portions, said pivotable attachment of said boom being via attachment of said lower portion of each of said segments to said base assembly, so that upon pivoting said boom via said means for pivoting, said upper portion of each of said first segment and said second segment is pivoted from a substantially vertical position to a substantially horizontal position during a container loading procedure and vice-versa during a container unloading procedure wherein said lower portion of each of said first segment and said second segment of said boom is pivotable at a point relative to said base assembly wherein said upper portion of each of said first segment and said second segment is closely adjacent an outer surface of a passenger compartment of the vehicle when said upper portions of said segments are in their said substantially vertical positions and wherein the lower portion of said first and second segments extends below, and outside of said, base assembly and below said flat bed portion of the vehicle; and a lift assembly pivotably attached to said boom for rearward loading and unloading of a container from said vehicle, said lift assembly including lifting means for pivoting said lift assembly relative to said boom.