Patent ID: 6524056
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A cargo loading, unloading and storing apparatus for use with a utility vehicle having a flat bed, said apparatus comprising:a dolly subassembly for retaining cargo thereon, said dolly subassembly including a generally rectangular platform having two sides, a front, a rear, four corners, and mesh sheeting, a caster secured to each of the four corners of said platform, a recessed track mounted on said platform and having an upturned forward end and a rearward end, and means for securing the cargo to said platform; a guide rail subassembly mountable to the flat bed of the utility vehicle for receiving thereon said dolly subassembly and the cargo mounted thereon, said guide rail subassembly including a pair of recessed tracks, each said track having a forward end and a rearward end, and a cross tie secured to each said forward end of said recessed tracks for connecting same; a ramp subassembly including a pair of recessed ramps for receiving thereover selected ones of said casters for moving said dolly subassembly and cargo mounted thereon up onto and down from said recessed tracks of said guide rail subassembly, each said recessed ramp having a forward end and a rearward end, said rearward end of each said recessed ramp being adapted to contact the ground such that said recessed ramps are supported in an inclined orientation; means for detachably securing respective said rearward ends of said recessed tracks of said guide rail subassembly to respective said forward ends of said recessed ramps of said ramp subassembly; and means interconnecting said dolly subassembly and the cargo mounted thereon and said guide rail subassembly for controlling the movement of said dolly subassembly and the cargo mounted thereon between the ground and the flat bed of the utility vehicle.