Abstract: A lift-type loading platform system, which system can be mounted on a motor vehicle, particularly a truck, the system including a lifting and closing mechanism which has an essentially parallelogram configuration, which mechanism includes two supporting frames which are generally mutually parallel and spaced a distance apart, an essentially plate-like loading platform, intended for raising and lowering a load and for closing off a cargo compartment or backdraft space of the vehicle, a "lifting" cylinder mechanism for raising and lowering the platform, and a "closing" cylinder mechanism for swinging the loading platform back and forth from the horizontal to the vertical position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 1997
Date of Patent:
July 4, 2000
Assignee:
Sorensen Hydraulik, Zweigniederlassung, Ulfborg, Filial AF Sorensen Hydraulik GmbH, Tyskland