Patent ID: 8641355
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing a truck cap from a bed of a truck and installing the truck cap over the bed of the truck, said apparatus comprising: a lifting means for raising the truck cap off the bed of the truck or lowering the truck cap onto the bed of the truck, wherein said lifting means comprises: an elongated spread arm disposed at a substantially right angle to and at said free end of said first slideable member and at least three upwardly facing bumpers, each disposed at each end of said elongated spread arm and on said boom such that said at least three upwardly facing bumpers are substantially coplanarly disposed, wherein said actuator is configured to raise or lower the truck cap by raising or lowering said at least three upwardly facing bumpers to support a ceiling of the truck cap; a lateral shifting means for moving said truck cap in a plane substantially coplanar to the bed of the truck while the truck cap is supported on said apparatus; and a rotating means for rotating said truck cap about an axis substantially normal to the bed of the truck.