Patent ID: 7367770

Claim:
Tail-lift for a vehicle, said tail-lift comprising: a lifting mechanism for lifting and lowering a platform; left and right side guiding rails on which the lifting mechanism is suspended with a left plate-shaped vertical carriage depending from the left guiding rail, and a right plate-shaped vertical carriage depending from the right guiding rail, the left and right carriages being slidably displacable between a working position located behind the vehicle and a traveling position located below the vehicle; left and right front guiding elements each with upper sliding members, the left front guiding element being attached into a recess of the left carriage at a right angle to the left carriage and the right front guiding element being attached into a recess of the right carriage at a right angle to the right carriage, the recesses opening to top edges of the left and right carriages; and left and right rear guiding elements each with lower sliding members, the left rear guiding element being attached into an opening of the left carriage and disposed on the left carriage at a right angle to the left carriage and the right rear guiding element being attached into an opening of the right carriage and disposed on the right carriage at a right angle to the right carriage.