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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Prime Design, Inc., West St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Rashid Bharucha, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
PRIME DESIGN, INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/04 (2006.01); B60R 9/048 (2006.01); B60P 7/135 (2006.01); B60R 9/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/0485 (2013.01); B60P 7/135 (2013.01); B60R 9/0423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ladder latching device for a rear deploy, tilting type ladder lack that automatically extends and retracts a latch pin as ladders are loaded onto and removed from the roof of a work vehicle. The latching device has an L-shaped lever with a spring biased first leg supporting a latch pin and a second leg with a roller for cooperating with a rail of the rack's stationary bed. The latch pin is made to extend through apertures in a stop post and over a rung of the ladder to trap it only when the roller remains in contact with the stationary rail. During tilting of the load support member, the latch pin retracts.