Patent ID: 8083279
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A load balancing device for allowing cargo to be moved between a tailgate end of a truck bed to a front end of the truck bed, said load balancing device comprising: (a) a generally rectangular base having a first side having a first end, a second end, and a middle, and a second side having a first end, a second end, and a middle; wherein a front bar connects the first end of the first side to the first end of the second side, a back bar connects the second end of the first side of to the second end of the second side of the base, and a middle bar connects the middle of the first side to the middle of the second side; wherein the first side and the second side have a C-shaped cross section; (b) a slide plate for holding the cargo, wherein the slide plate has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, and a second side, wherein a plurality of track wheels are disposed on the bottom surface both near the first side and near the second side, wherein the track wheels are for engaging the first side and the second side of the base, wherein the slide plate can slide up and down the base either toward the front bar or toward the back bar; (c) a plurality of mounting brackets on the bottom surface of the first side of the base and on the bottom surface of the second side of the base, wherein the mounting brackets are for attaching the base to the truck bed; and (d) a movement assembly comprising an outer shaft and an inner piston, wherein the outer shaft has a first end and a second end and is attached to the front bar and the middle bar of the base via an attachment means, wherein the inner piston has a first end and a second end and is telescopically received in the second end of the outer shaft, wherein the second end of the inner piston is attached to the bottom surface of the slide plate via an attachment means; wherein the movement assembly allows the slide plate to moved up and down the base.