Patent ID: 7992682
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B60R,E06C

Abstract:
1. A ladder storage apparatus for use with an emergency vehicle, the ladder storage apparatus comprising: A. an inner housing fixedly securable to an emergency vehicle for facilitating storage of a ladder; B. an outer housing movably attached to said inner housing and adapted to receive a ladder detachably secured thereto to facilitate storage and availability; C. an arm assembly movably secured to said inner housing and movably attached to said outer housing to facilitate movable attachment of said outer housing with respect to said inner housing, said arm assembly being movable to urge movement of said outer housing between a storage position with said outer housing positioned immediately adjacent said inner housing and a deployed position with said outer housing positioned spatially disposed from said inner housing; D. an extensible member attached to said inner housing and also attached to said outer housing, said extensible member being longitudinally extensible to urge outward movement of said arm assembly to cause movement of said outer housing toward the deployed position, said extensible member being longitudinally retractable to urge inward movement of said arm assembly to cause movement of said outer housing toward the storage position, said extensible member being moveably attached to said inner housing to allow pivotal movement of said extensible member relative to said inner housing; E. an extension adjustment mechanism secured to said inner housing and movably attached to said extensible member for providing adjustment in positioning of said extensible member relative said inner housing, said extension adjustment mechanism providing adjustment in spacing between a location of relative pivotal movement of said extensible member relative to said inner housing and said inner housing; and F. a latching mechanism secured to said inner housing, said latching mechanism being movable between a locked position in engagement with said outer housing for retaining said outer housing in the storage position and an unlocked position allowing movement of said outer housing away from the storage position, wherein said extension adjustment mechanism includes a yoke fixedly secured to said inner housing and movably secured to said extensible member, said yoke being generally C-shaped and defines a receiving slot therewithin adapted to receive and retain a portion of said extensible member extending thereinto and movably attached thereto, said extension adjustment mechanism further includes a threaded adjustment stud mounted in said inner housing and extending outwardly therefrom toward said extensible member, said yoke defining a yoke aperture therewithin adapted to receive said threaded adjustment stud extending thereinto and engaged therewith to facilitate mounting of said yoke fixedly to said inner housing.