Patent ID: 6015177
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A vehicular storage unit transit system for joining a storage unit to a vehicle possessing a cargo area having a floor and a pair of wheelwells protruding above said floor, said wheelwells having a highest point, said highest point being a point furthest removed from said floor, said storage unit having a lowest point, said lowest point being a point least removed from said floor, and said transit system comprising:a pair of transit assemblies configured to be coupled to said storage unit; anda pair of guidance assemblies coupled to said transit assemblies and configured to be coupled to said cargo area, said guidance assemblies being configured to guide said storage unit during a transit thereof between a first position and a second position by passing through a third position, wherein said lowest point of said storage unit is less removed from said floor than said highest point of said wheelwells when said storage unit is in one of said first position and said second position, and said lowest point of said storage unit is more removed from said floor than said highest point of said wheelwells when said storage unit is in said third position.