Patent ID: 7909560
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A flatbed vehicle carrier assembly, comprising: a chassis mounting platform assembly; a carrier body subassembly comprising a carrier floor supported by a carrier body; a slide enabling sill frame being integrated into the carrier body; a carrier body intermediate subframe with a plurality of longitudinally arranged slide provisions provided in a parallel arrangement; a carrier tilt and longitudinal control inner pivotal subassembly being slideably assembled to the carrier body intermediate subframe and pivotally assembled to the chassis mounting platform; a carrier pivot control device extending between the carrier body intermediate subframe and the chassis mounting platform assembly; a carrier body longitudinal actuator member to slideably position the carrier body subassembly along a longitudinal axis of the carrier body subassembly, the carrier body longitudinal actuator member having a first end attached to the carrier intermediate subframe and a second end attached to the carrier body subassembly; and a carrier tilt and longitudinal control inner subframe motion actuator having a first end attached to the carrier tilt and longitudinal control inner pivotal subassembly and a second end attached to the carrier intermediate subframe subassembly, wherein the carrier tilt and longitudinal control inner pivotal subframe motion actuator slideably positions the carrier intermediate subframe subassembly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the carrier body subassembly, wherein the sliding motion works on conjunction with the carrier pivot control device to generate a pivotal motion of the carrier intermediate subframe subassembly.