Patent ID: 7631916

Claim:
A vehicle rack for use on a pick-up truck having a truck cab and truck bed with upstanding side walls and front and rear bumper portions, the vehicle rack comprises, a plurality of fixed and pivoted support posts extending from said truck in oppositely disposed spaced relation to one another, a material receiving frame extending in fixed relation from said pivoted support posts, said pivoted support posts are pivotally secured directly to said truck at their respective pivot points, said material receiving frame comprises, a pair of upstanding rail assemblies secured to one another in spaced parallel relation by multiple interconnecting frame elements and criss-cross support frame elements on said material receiving frame between said upstanding side rails, a power activated control cylinder assembly pivotally engageable between one of said pivoted support posts and one of said fixed support post in spaced oppositely disposed relation to one another, fixed multiple angularly disposed brackets on said fixed support posts for selective engagement with said material receiving frame when moving said material receiving frame from a first transport position over said truck cab and truck bed to a second loading and unloading vertically oriented position beside said vehicle.