Cargo handling device for a vehicle

A method for cargo handling with a vehicle, the vehicle having a cargo surface, the vehicle transporting a cargo over a surface, the method comprising the steps of:

• activating a linear actuator engaging a base and a traveler;
• displacing said traveler from a proximal end and to a distal end of a lower track and an upper track by said linear actuator;
• displacing a storage unit from said proximal end and to a cantilever position above the surface and beyond said distal end of a lower track and an upper track by coupling with said traveler;
• deactivating said linear actuator upon said traveler positioned at said distal end of said lower track and said upper track;
• activating a telescoping actuator engaging said traveler and said storage unit;
• displacing said storage unit from said traveler including a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement by said telescoping actuator;
• deactivating said telescoping actuator upon positioning said storage unit adjacent the surface;
• activating said telescoping actuator engaging said traveler and said storage unit;
• displacing said storage unit including a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement from adjacent the surface by said telescoping actuator;
• deactivating said telescoping actuator upon said storage unit positioned adjacent to said traveler;
• activating said linear actuator engaging said base and said traveler;
• displacing said traveler from said distal end and to said proximal end of said lower track and said upper track by said linear actuator;
• displacing a storage unit from said cantilever position above the surface and beyond said distal end of a lower track and an upper track and to said proximal end by coupling with said traveler;
• and
• deactivating said linear actuator upon said traveler positioned at said proximal end of said lower track and said upper track.

A cargo handling device for a vehicle, the vehicle having a cargo surface, the vehicle transporting a cargo over a surface, the cargo handling device, comprising:

• a base extending between a lower end and an upper end;
• said lower end of said base coupled to the cargo surface;
• a lower track extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
• said proximal end of said lower track coupled to said base;
• a traveler having a lower track receiver;
• said lower track receiver of said traveler slidably engaging said lower track between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track;
• a storage unit having a lower track receiver and extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
• said lower track receiver of said storage unit slidably engaging said lower track between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track;
• a linear actuator engaging said base and said traveler for displacing said traveler along said lower track between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track;
• a telescoping actuator defining a contracted length and an extended length;
• an upper actuator pivot pivotably coupling said telescoping actuator to said traveler;
• a lower actuator pivot pivotably coupling said telescoping actuator to said storage unit;
• said contracted length in said telescoping actuator maintaining said traveler abutting said proximal end of said storage unit during displacement of said traveler between said proximal end and said distal end of said lower track;
• said extended length in said telescoping actuator displacing said storage unit from said traveler upon said traveler positioned at said distal end of said lower track;
• said extended length defining a horizontal displacement and a vertical displacement of said storage unit from said traveler for positioning said storage unit adjacent the surface;
• and
• a cargo receiver coupled to said storage unit for engaging the cargo.