Roof top carrier

In a roof top carrier adapted to be mounted on the roof of a motor home and movable between a retracted position and an extended position to move a load from the roof of the motor home to a position near ground level adjacent to the motor home, the improvement comprising:

• a) two spaced apart fixed rails;
• b) four sliding elements movable relative to one another in a horizontal plane, the sliding elements comprising two spaced apart mid slide rails and two spaced apart outer slide rails, the outer slide rails being a load attaching elements;
• c) a horizontal drive motor and cable means interconnecting the spaced apart fixed rails and the sliding elements for moving the sliding elements telescopically to extend the outer slide rails to a position remote from the fixed rails;
• d) guide channels formed in each of the fixed rails, the mid slide rails and the outer slide rails;
• e) rollers mounted to each of the fixed rails, the mid slide rails and the outer slide rails and operable inside in the guide channels to effect horizontal movement of each of the fixed rails, the mid slide rails and the outer rails;
• f) a drop cradle attached to the spaced apart outer slide sections, the drop cradle including a drop cradle base and a pair of scissor mechanisms connecting the drop cradle base to the spaced apart outer slide sections;
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• g) a vertical drive motor and cable means attached to the drop cradle for raising and lowering the drop cradle from a position between the spaced apart outer sections and a position adjacent ground level adjacent the motor home.