Patent ID: 6612549
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A hoist apparatus for lifting an object, the apparatus being removably attached to a cargo rack of an all-terrain vehicle, the rack comprising a plurality of horizontal rack bars mounted on vertical bars and is attached to a front or rear section of the vehicle, said apparatus comprising:a hoist bar being elongate and having a first end and a second end; a support member being coupled to said hoist bar such that said support member extends away from said hoist bar between said first end and said second end of said hoist bar, said support member being for supporting said hoist bar from that rack of the all-terrain vehicle; a brace member for abutting an outer horizontal rack bar when said support member is contacting a center horizontal rack bar; a lifting means being attached to said second end; said hoist bar having a groove therein positioned adjacent to said first end of said hoist bar, said groove being for receiving an inner horizontal rack bar; and said first end of said hoist bar having a slot for receiving one of the vertical rack bars, said slot having a longitudinal axis being positioned perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said groove of said hoist bar, said slot extending into said groove of said hoist bar such that said slot is adapted for permitting said hoist bar to be selectively mounted to the inner horizontal rack bar and positioned around one of the vertical rack bars to inhibit sliding of said hoist bar with respect to the rack of the all-terrain vehicle.