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Carrier with slidable bed and zero-degree load angle

a technology of slidable beds and carriers, applied in vehicle carriers, vehicles with tipping movements, etc., can solve the problem of requiring a great deal of skill in the method of operation

Active Publication Date: 2020-11-19
MILLER IND TOWING EQUIP INC
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a vehicle carrier that solves disadvantages of prior carriers with slidable beds. It provides new advantages not previously associated with such carriers. The carrier is mountable to a vehicle frame and includes a tiltable subframe with slide rails and a slidable bed. The bed has a transverse hinge that allows it to lie flat on the ground while the vehicle remains upright. The subframe can be tilted to a sufficient angle to provide a zero-degree loading angle for the vehicle. The carrier also includes hydraulic tilt cylinders and rear rollers for rolling the bed along the ground. The bed can carry a pair of motor-driven gear boxes and a drive axle oriented parallel to the transverse hinge. The carrier can be easily moved and tilted to load and stow the vehicle.

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This method of operation requires a good deal of skill to prevent the cable from getting slack and sagging onto the subframe into places where it can get caught.
However, a bed that lays flat on the ground occupies a large foot print on the ground, which may not always be available.

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[0035]Set forth below is a description of what are believed to be the preferred embodiments and / or best examples of the invention claimed. Future and present alternatives and modifications to this preferred embodiment are contemplated. Any alternatives or modifications which make insubstantial changes in function, in purpose, in structure, or in result are intended to be covered by the claims of this patent.

[0036]Referring generally first to FIGS. 1 and 18, a preferred vehicle carrier generally designated by the reference numeral 10 includes a cab 12, and a vehicle frame 14 supporting a subframe 13, which in turn supports a slidable bed 30. Subframe 13 pivots about subframe hinge 95 and includes subframe rails 13a slidably attached to bed rails 32 as described below. Hydraulic cylinders attached to the vehicle frame 14 may be extended to inclined subframe 13. Bed 30 may be slid up / forward and down / rearward relative to subframe 13, and is configured to support a vehicle 22 to be tran...

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Abstract

A vehicle carrier mountable to a vehicle frame, and a method for using same, including a tiltable subframe pivotally attached to a rear end of the vehicle frame, and a slidable bed with a transverse hinge mounted on and slidably attached to the subframe. The subframe is tiltable, enabling a rear portion of the bed to lay generally horizontally flat along the ground, and thereby provide an essentially zero-degree loading angle for a vehicle to be transported, while the front portion of the bed remains slidably attached to the inclined subframe.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to vehicle carriers with slidable beds.[0002]Slideback carrier vehicles with tiltable subframes and slidable beds are known. Vehicle carriers with tiltable subframes and roll-off dumpsters or flat beds are also known. Slideback carriers typically have their cargo loaded onto the bed at an inclined angle relative to the ground. Slideback carriers have positive hydraulic control to move the bed forward and rearward along the subframe. Roll-off carriers are designed to enable their bed to lay flat on the ground for the cargo to be loaded. Roll-off carriers get their bed to the ground, and separated (“rolled-off”) from the subframe, by using a highly inclined subframe that enables the bed to slide down and off the subframe due to gravity. Getting the roll-off bed back onto the subframe is accomplished by attaching a cable and hook to the front of the bed and reeling the cable in by means of either a forward winch m...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B60P3/06B60P1/30
CPCB60P1/30B60P3/06B60P3/07
Inventor NESPOR, RONALD B.
Owner MILLER IND TOWING EQUIP INC