Stock rack and end gate

• US 3,148,912 A
• Filed: 04/06/1962
• Issued: 09/15/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edgar V. Curtis, Mildred J. Curtis
• Original Assignee: Edgar V. Curtis, Mildred J. Curtis
• Inventors: Curtis, Edgar V., Curtis, Mildred J.
• Application Number:
  US04/185,559
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• US Class Current: 296/50
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0273 Movable tailboards for vehicles comprising non-movable sideboards, e.g. pick-up trucks B62D33/037 takes precedence

Claims

1. A STOCK LOADING AND HAULING DEVICE COMPRISING A LOADING RACK, SAID RACK HAVING A PAIR OF UPRIGHT PARALLEL SIDE MEMBERS, AN UPRIGHT END GATE EXTENDING LATERALLY ACROSS THE ENDS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS, A PAIR OF ROLLER HINGE MOUNTINGS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE END OF ONE OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS BY MEANS OF A SLEEVE AND SPACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, EACH HINGE MOUNTING HAVING A PAIR OF UPPER AND LOWER CONVEX ROLLERS, SAID END GATE INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL HORIZONTAL UPPER BAR MEMBER AND LOWER BAR MEMBER, SAID CONVEX UPPER AND LOWER ROLLERS OF SAID UPPER HINGE MOUNTING EMBRACING SAID HORIZONTAL UPPER BAR MEMBER OF SAID GATE AND PROVIDING A ROLLER SUPPORT THERETO, SAID CONVEX ROLLERS OF SAID LOWER HINGE MOUNTING EMBRACING SAID HORIZONTAL LOWER BAR AND PROVIDING A ROLLER SUPPORT THERETO, SAID HINGE MOUNTING BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID END OF SAID ONE SIDE MEMBER TO SWING SAID GATE IN AN ARCUATE PATH, SAID GATE MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE RECTILINEARLY ALONG SAID ROLLERS TO TRAVEL IN A DIRECTION LATERALLY ACROSS