Loading attachment for vehicle
AssigneeDavid Roger Kauffman
InventorDavid Roger Kauffman
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Abstract
A sideboard loading attachment for a utility vehicle includes a pair of lift arms coupled to box sides of the vehicle, a crossbar extending between distal ends of the projection arms, and a pair of lift actuators for raising and lowering the lift arms, whose distal ends can extend rearwardly from the vehicle when fully extended. A cable hoist is coupled to the utility vehicle and has a cable reeved over a pulley at the crossbar. The cable hoist raises and lowers the cable at the crossbar, and the lift actuators actuate the lift arms to raise a load up forwardly over the box of the utility vehicle.
Claims8
A sideboard loading attachment for a utility vehicle, said sideboard loading attachment comprising:
- a pair of longitudinally-extending lift arms having proximal ends configured for pivotably coupling to respective sides of the utility vehicle;
- a pair of upwardly-extending projection arms coupled to distal ends of said lift arms;
- a crossbar extending between distal ends of said projection arms;
- a cable hoist configured for coupling to the utility vehicle, said cable hoist having a cable coupled to said crossbar;
- a pair of lift actuators configured to raise said lift arms from a forward-extending lowered position to an upright position, and from the upright position to a rearwardly-extending position in which at least said crossbar extends rearwardly of a rear end portion of the utility vehicle;
- wherein said cable hoist is operable to raise and lower said cable at said crossbar with said lift arms in the rearwardly-extending position;
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- wherein said lift actuators and said lift arms are operable to raise an object at said cable up and forwardly over a bed of the utility vehicle.
The sideboard loading attachment of any of claims 1-4, further comprising a pulley at said crossbar, wherein said cable is reeved around said pulley.
The sideboard loading attachment of any preceding claim, wherein said lift actuators comprise hydraulic cylinders coupled between the box sides of the vehicle and said lift arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.