Patent ID: 6379100
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
An apparatus for loading an object onto a truck having a truck box and a pair of tailgate mounts which are laterally spaced apart across a rear end of the truck box for mounting a tailgate thereon, the apparatus comprising:a pair of mounting elements arranged to mount on the respective tailgate mounts of the truck box; a shaft supported on the pair of mounting elements for rotation about an axis extending between the mounting elements; a sprocket coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith; a frame supported on the shaft to extend transversely thereto and being arranged to support the object thereon; a rack mounted on a bottom side of the frame for engaging the sprocket such that the frame is displaced transversely to the shaft in a longitudinal direction when the sprocket is rotated; and drive means for driving rotation of the shaft; the frame being movable with rotation of the shaft between a loading position in which the frame extends rearwards from a forward end supported on the shaft to a rearward end supported on the ground and a loaded position in which the frame extends forwards from the rearward end supported on the shaft to the forward end supported on the truck box.