Patent ID: 8491059
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
1. For a conventional pickup truck with a passenger cab at a first end and an open load bed behind said cab extending to a second tailgate end, an improvement comprising: (a) a support rack, attachable to said pickup truck on and above side rails of said load bed of said pickup truck; (b) for said support rack a plurality of fixedly mounted at a predetermined angle support legs extending from said support rack to said side rails; (c) at said second tailgate end of said existing pickup truck bed and distal from a cab end, pivot mounts on each side rail of said pickup truck; (d) two pivot legs extending from said support rack to said pivot mounts and said two pivot legs rotates around a single axis of rotation in said pivot mounts thereby allowing said support rack to be raised from said resting position to a predetermined angle; (e) a support frame distal from a cab end and in proximity to said pivot mounts and said second tailgate end, but between said pivot mounts and cab of said pickup truck, said support frame for distributing a load placed on said support frame across bed of said pickup truck without obstructing said bed of said pickup truck; (f) on said support frame, hydraulic lift means for said support rack to raise said support rack from a resting position parallel to said bed of said pickup truck to a raised position at a predetermined angle to resting position of said support rack wherein said hydraulic lift means mounts on said support frame at an upper edge of said side rails of said load bed of said pickup truck whereby said hydraulic lift means may be single piston standard hydraulic lifts to raise said support rack to an angle greater than 45°.