Patent ID: 6616397
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B60P,B66C

Abstract:
A hoist system in combination with the bed(10) of a pick-up truck, said truck bed having corner areas(11,12,13,14) and eyelets(21,22,23,24) mounted at the tops of said corner areas,said truck bed including a ball hitch(15) mounted at the rear thereof, a first boom section(A) mounted to the ball hitch(15), a boom extension section(B) attached to said first boom section(A), an end boom section(C) attached to said boom extension section(B), a chain(30) extending between forward eyelets (21,23) of said truck bed, plural cable means(31,32,80) extending from said end boom section(C) for supporting said attached boom sections(A,B,C) in an elevated position, wherein two of the cable means(31,32) extend from the end boom section(C) to eyelets(24,22) at a rear portion of said truck bed(10), and wherein one of the cable means(80) extends from the end boom section(C) to the chain(30), wherein said end boom section(C) includes four eyelet means(51,52,53,54), wherein two of said cable means(31,32) are attached to respective eyelets(51,52) of said end boom section(C), and wherein a third cable means(80) is attached to an eyelet(53) of said end boom section(C), wherein a hoist or pulley(60) is attached to a fourth eyelet(54) of said end boom section(C), wherein said first boom section(A) has eyelet means(41,42) formed at the end thereof for initially receiving the cables(31,32) when the combined boom sections(A,B,C) are in a lower or on-ground position, wherein the arrangement of the hoist system enables a single person to lift the hoist boom sections(A,B,C) to a desired height, wherein a single person is able to remove a first cable(31) from a first eyelet(41) on the first boom section(A) and to attach the first cable(31) to an eyelet(24) on the truck bed and further to remove a second cable(32) from a second eyelet(42) on the first boom section(A) and to attach the second cable(32) to an eyelet(22) on the truck bed.