Patent ID: 8152435

Claim:
A method of positioning a flatbed vehicle carrier assembly for loading a vehicle thereon, the method comprising steps: obtaining a carrier assembly, the carrier assembly comprising: a flatbed carrier body, a flatbed carrier tilt frame subassembly, a carrier tilt frame longitudinal control subassembly, a chassis mounting frame assembly, and a carrier tilt frame pivot member; wherein the flatbed carrier body is slideably mounted to the flatbed carrier tilt frame subassembly, wherein the flatbed carrier tilt frame subassembly slideably engages with the carrier tilt frame longitudinal control subassembly, wherein the carrier tilt frame longitudinal control subassembly is pivotally assembled to the chassis mounting frame assembly, and wherein a first end of the carrier tilt frame pivot member is pivotally assembled to a forward end of the flatbed carrier tilt frame subassembly and a second end of the carrier tilt frame pivot member is pivotally assembled to the chassis mounting frame assembly; and tilting the flatbed carrier body by slideably positioning the flatbed carrier tilt frame subassembly rearward causing the carrier tilt frame pivot member to raise the forward end of the flatbed carrier tilt frame subassembly.