Patent ID: 8113562

Claim:
A tilting rack system for a vehicle, the tilting rack system comprising: a rearward support, mounted proximate to a rearward end of the vehicle, the rearward support extending upward and terminating at a lever-pivot; a forward support, mounted to and extending upward from a forward position on the vehicle relative to the rearward support; the forward support terminating at slide-pivot; a lever, including an upright arm joined to a forward arm at an approximate angle of ninety-degrees, the upright arm connected to the rearward support at the lever-pivot, and the upright arm having a rail hinge; a rail, slide-ably mounted to the forward support at the slide-pivot, and the rail mounted to the lever at the rail hinge; and the rail slidable on the slide-pivot of the forward support by a hinging action about the lever pivot.