Load carrying attachment for motor vehicle
AssigneeOrtho-Kinetics, Inc.
InventorsJhy-hong Lin, John J. Daily
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Abstract
An attachment for the rear of a motor vehicle for transporting a personal mobility vehicle includes a load carrying frame pivotally attached to a first frame member and is pivotable from a storage position to an extended load carrying position transverse to and extending rearwardly from the first frame member. Such support arms on each side of the attachment are provided to attach the frame members together in the extended position. A load securing cross member is secured at one end to the center of the first frame member and at its opposite end to the center of the rear frame member. A hoist mechanism may be attached to one end of the first frame member rotatable on the support about a vertical axis and pivotable thereon in a vertical plane.
Claims5
An attachment for a rear of a motor vehicle for transporting a load thereon comprising
- a first frame member removably attachable to the rear of a motor vehicle in a horizontal orientation transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle,
- a load carrying frame pivotally attached to said first frame member at at least one pivot point, said load carrying frame being pivotable from a storage position in a horizontal plane parallel to said first frame member to an extended load carrying position transverse to and extending rearwardly from the first frame member,
- means to secure said load carrying frame in the storage position,
- means to secure said load carrying frame in the extended position, and,
- a hoist mechanism attached to one end of said first frame member by a support member affixed to said first frame member, said hoist mechanism being rotatable on said support member about a vertical axis and pivotable thereon in a vertical plane, said hoist mechanism being further provided with an extendable retractable flexible load lifting line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.