Appeal No. 96-3024
Application 08/183,856
The appellant’s invention pertains to a tiltable cargo deck
for a truck that is adapted to facilitate the loading and
unloading of a vehicle such as a snowmobile. Claim 1 defines the
invention in the following manner:
1. A motor driven tiltable cargo deck, comprising:
a. a support frame having opposed sides, a first end
and a second end;
b. a first pair of sprockets mounted to opposed sides
adjacent the first end of the support frame;
c. a second pair of sprockets mounted to opposed sides
adjacent the second end of the support frame;
d. a pair of continuous chains rotatably mounted
between the first pair of sprockets and the second pair
of sprockets;
e. a rigid deck having a first end and a second end
supported by the support frame and slidably movable
from a travel position in which the first end of the
deck is adjacent the first end of the first end of the
support frame to an unloading position in which the
first end of the deck is positioned immeadiately
adjacent ot the second end of the support frame and the
second end of the deck rests upon a groundsurface;
f. a pair of rigid linkage arms having a first end and
a second end, the first end of the linkage arms being
pivotally mounted in a fixed position adjacent to the
first end of the deck, the second ends of the linkage
arms being attached to the chains, the linkage arms
serving as rigid connection between the deck and the
chains whereby the deck moves relative to the support
frame upon movement of the chains, the angular
positioning of the linkage arms relative to the chains
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