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US 12,447,900 B2Granted
Dual stage ladder rack for work vans
OwnerRashid Bharuchainventor
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Abstract
A dual stage vehicle ladder rack permits multiple ladders to be stacked vertically above a vehicle for transport without requiring removal of the top ladder of the stack prior to removal of a lower ladder. A lower stage is movable, independent of an upper stage, between a loading/unloading position and a stowed position.
Claims20
A roof top ladder rack for work vehicles comprising:
- first stage and second stage supports, each having a bottom portion adapted to be attached to a roof of a vehicle, a top portion, an inside portion and an outside portion;
- an upper stage coupled to the top portions of the first and second stage supports, said upper stage adapted to support a first ladder in an upper stage stowed position above the roof of the vehicle;
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- a lower stage adapted to move between a lower stage stowed position and a lower stage loading/unloading position, said lower stage comprising:
- a pivot bar extending between and coupled to the first and second stage supports;
- a latch bar extending between and coupled to the first and second stage supports;
- first and second angled support members each coupled to the pivot bar and adapted to support a second ladder;
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- a latch assembly adapted to selectively lock the lower stage in the lower stage stowed position;
- wherein when the first ladder is supported on the upper stage and the upper stage is positioned in the upper stage stowed position, and the second ladder is supported on the lower stage and the lower stage is positioned in the lower stage loading/unloading position, the second ladder is removable from the lower stage without removing the first ladder from the upper stage.
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A roof top ladder rack comprising:
- first and second stage supports, each having a bottom portion adapted to be attached to a roof of a vehicle, a top portion, an inside portion and an outside portion;
- an upper stage adapted to support a first ladder and coupled to the top portions of the first and second stage supports, said upper stage adapted to move between an upper stage stowed position above the roof of the vehicle and an upper stage loading/unloading position adjacent a side of the vehicle;
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- a lower stage adapted to move between a lower stage stowed position and a lower stage loading/unloading position, said lower stage comprising:
- a pivot bar extending between and coupled to the first and second stage supports;
- a latch bar extending between and coupled to the first and second stage supports;
- first and second support members pivotally coupled to the pivot bar and adapted to support a second ladder;
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- a latch assembly adapted to selectively lock the lower stage in the lower stage stowed position;
- wherein when the first ladder is supported on the upper stage and the upper stage is positioned in the upper stage stowed position, and the second ladder is supported on the lower stage and the lower stage is positioned in the lower stage loading/unloading position, the second ladder is removable from the lower stage without removing the first ladder from the upper stage.
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