Patent ID: 7287948

Claim:
Load lifter for a motor vehicle, having a load support positioned in the motor vehicle, the load support having two parallel arms with ends connected by a transverse beam, the load support being rotatable in a vicinity of the ends of the parallel arms around a horizontal axis, and the load support having a suspension device at the transverse beam for suspending the load, the load lifter having further a fixed outer support having two essentially vertically positioned arms, which are connected to each other in an area of upper ends by a horizontal transverse beam, the load support being moved through the outer support when pivoted relative to the horizontal axis, from a position laterally inside of the horizontal axis to a position laterally outside of the horizontal axis, the load lifter having further a counter-support positioned at the transverse beam of the outer support and wherein the load lifter further comprises a linkage mechanism disposed in the middle of the counter-support and connected between the load support and the counter-support so as to allow for easy control by an individual operator.