Patent ID: 6139247
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A drive-up transporting apparatus for transporting a small vehicle, comprising:a carrying rack for supporting a small vehicle driven thereonto from a ground level, said carrying rack having first and second sides, a front member, a rear member and a generally planar platform;an elongate support beam underlying and generally centrally bisecting said carrying rack in a first direction from said front member to said rear member;an outrigger joined to one side of said support beam in a normal direction thereto, said outrigger generally centrally bisecting said carrying rack in a second direction normal to said first direction; anda hinge having sections joined to said support beam and said carrying rack along a hinge axis whereby said carrying rack is tiltable about said hinge axis relative to said support beam;wherein said carrying rack is tiltable between a generally horizontal transport position wherein said first side abuts said outrigger, and a loading/unloading position wherein said first side is tilted upwardly above said outrigger and said second side is tilted downwardly to said ground level;a first locking means for locking said carrying rack in a transport position;a second locking means for automatically locking said carrying rack in a transport position;a third locking means for locking said carrying rack in a tilted position, said third locking means comprising:a sleeve rotatably mounted on said outrigger, said sleeve including opposing holes for passage of a locking pin therethrough;a sliding lock bar slidably mounted in said sleeve and having one end rotatably mounted to said carrying rack, said lock bar having a plurality of spaced holes therethrough; anda locking pin for passage through said holes in said sleeve and lock bar to lock said carrying rack in a tilted position.