Patent ID: 7798344

Claim:
A tarping apparatus for tarping cargo resting on a ground supported cargo transport vehicle, comprising: a lifting and towing apparatus adapted for connection to one end of a tarpaulin including an elongated horizontal overhead track positioned above and longitudinally of said vehicle parked beneath said track, a trolley supported on said track for fore and aft horizontal movement in the direction of said track including an elongated horizontal lift support structure including parallel beams extending laterally in opposite directions in relation to said track, a vertically extendible and contractible scissors linkage depending from each of the laterally opposite ends of said beams, each of said linkages including a plurality of sets of cross connected links, said sets being connected in a vertical sequence with the upper end of one of said links of the uppermost set of links of said linkages being pivotally connected, respectively, to the associated one of the laterally opposite end of said beams, and a pair of laterally extending power operated linear actuators operatively interposed between said trolley and the upper end of another link of said upper most set of links of said scissors linkages, respectively, said lower ends of said scissors linkages being adapted for releasable connection to laterally opposite corners of one end of a tarpaulin.