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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
9358-3433 Québec Inc., Quebec, CA;
Mathieu Bouchard, Montreal, CA;
Frederic Laurin-Lalonde, Quebec, CA;
Damir Gacanovic, Montreal, CA;
Joey Hebert, La Tuque, CA;
9358-3433 QUEBEC INC., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A lift-assisted rack mountable to a roof of a vehicle and pivotable between a transport configuration and a loading configuration. The lift-assisted rack comprises: a fixed base mounted to the roof of the vehicle, a set of pivoting links, an article support, a pivoting arm and a lift-assisting strut. The set of pivoting links are pivotally connected to the fixed base at a link proximal end thereof. The article support is pivotally connected to the set of pivoting links, at a link distal end thereof. The pivoting arm is pivotally connected to the fixed base at an arm proximal end and is pivotable of a predetermined angular. The lift-assisting strut is pivotally connected to one link of the set of pivoting links at a strut distal end and is pivotally connected to the arm distal end of the pivoting arm, at a strut proximal end thereof.