Patent ID: 6964548

Claim:
A flank piece ( 1 ), designed to be used in pairs, for an automobile transporter vehicle, the flank piece comprising: a plurality of rectilinear profiled sections, assembled with one another to form a side frame, comprising upper and lower longitudinal pieces permanently interconnected with one another by a plurality of supporting posts, and each of the plurality of supporting posts having an elevating device for adjusting a position of at least one support platform to be supported by the plurality of supporting posts; each elevating device having at least one slide coupled to a means for actuating the at least one slide, and a support means associated with the elevating device; a means far guiding the elevating devices comprising an internal surface profiled guide element, one of integral with or removable from the flank piece and along which the at least one slide of the elevating device is displaceable; and the means for guiding the elevating devices, the slides, and the means for actuating the slides are protected and visually screened by an external surface cover which forms an exterior mechanical structure of the flank piece.