A slide assembly for a ladder rack may be adapted to selectively move with respect to a rail. The assembly may have first and second slide walls connected together by an intermediate rail slide wall and at least one fastener, where the at least one fastener may be adapted to be slidably received within the rail. The assembly may also have a support flange connected to the second rail slide wall. The assembly may also have a housing connected to the support flange, where a retention tube is rotatably mounted within the housing. A first gripper member may be connected to the retention tube for selective movement therewith.

A convertible roof rack is provided that is generally comprised of a light bar and a roof rack that is spaced from the roof of a vehicle. The roof rack is also rotatably interconnected to a support structure associated with the rear of the vehicle such that it is capable of moving from a first position of use adjacent to the roof to a second position of use away from the roof where the light bar remains interconnected to the vehicle adjacent to the windshield. As such, electrical connections associated with the light bar remain intact when the roof rack is rotated away from the roof.

The present technology relates to beams having a cross section defining a plurality of channels and assemblies comprising the beams. The beams can be used to form a beam assembly that is installed inside the truck bed of a pick-up truck. A ladder loader is pivotably secured to the beam assembly along either the driver side wall or the passenger side wall of the truck bed, with the ladder loader being pivoted between a stow position where the ladder loader is above the beam assembly, and a deployed position where the ladder loader is positioned outside either the driver side wall or the passenger side wall.

A truck bed rack including either a single rack having a mouth for a ladder, or a first rack residing low in the truck bed and having a first mouth for a ladder, and second rack residing between the first rack and the tail gate and having a second mouth higher than the first mouth to angle a ladder to pass above the tail gate. The racks may attach to a fitting sold under the trademark Ford Boxlink attached to a truck bed wall, a track rail sold under the trademark Toyota, a truck bed rail along a top edge of the truck bed side, or include a plate bolted to the truck bed wall. The Boxlink is inverted for use with the truck bed rack.

A step ladder carrier has an enclosure and a ladder securing assembly. The ladder securing assembly has a movable stop having an engaged position in which it engages a first step of a step ladder and having a disengaged position in which it does not engage a first step of a step ladder, the movable stop being moved between the engaged and disengaged positions by an externally accessible handle at the rear wall of the carrier.

Disclosed is a drop-down utility rack that has a rotating bar for controlling the position of the utility rack between a transport position and an access position. The rotating bar rotates through an arc of rotation which moves the rack between the transport and access positions. A lever is connected to the rotating bar for rotating the rotating bar. The lever is adapted to move through an arc of travel. A clutch is mounted between the lever and the rotating bar. The clutch engages and disengages the lever and the rotating bar such that the lever rotates through the arc of travel to rotate the rotating bar over a portion of the arc of rotation. The clutch automatically disengages the lever from the rotating bar as the rotating bar completes its arc of rotation. In this way, the arc of travel is less than the arc of rotation.

A ladder carrying device for a vehicle is equipped with a frame element (3) assigned, in its operative conditions (O) to be fixed above the vehicle (V). This frame element (3) is connected to a support member (9) for at least one ladder (S). The frame element (3) is provided with at least two longitudinal edges (13) at least approximately or substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle (V) and mutually and rigidly connected by at least one transversal element (15) a portion of which interposed between, and distant from, said longitudinal edges (13) carries at least one longitudinal stationary pivot (19) connected to a first end of a swinging body 21 whose opposite and second end is connected, by means of a longitudinal mobile pivot (23), to an oscillating element (25) connected to the support member (9).

A ladder rack for supporting a ladder on a vehicle. The ladder rack comprises a supporting arrangement anchored only along a single edge area of a rooftop, the supporting arrangement comprising a first load-bearing member entirely extending over the rooftop within an edge of the rooftop and a second load-bearing member extending substantially parallel to the first load-bearing member with a lateral offset, outside the rooftop and away from the edge of the rooftop. A ladder-supporting arrangement holds the ladder and connects to the first load-bearing member and to the first load-bearing member for supporting a weight of the ladder. The remainder of the rooftop surface is exempt of any member and is free for other purposes. The ladder is held on a side of the vehicle with an offset to be able to open a sliding door on the same side of the vehicle as the ladder rack.

A ladder rack system for accommodating at least two stacked ladders thereon is disclosed. The system may have a stationary forward roof rail and a stationary rear roof rail. Pivotable ladder rack rear and pivotable ladder rack forward rails may also be provided. The ladder rack rear and forward rails may be selectively moved with respect to the stationary forward and rear roof rails via links that are connected to a connector bar and lever arm.

Transport of ladders and other pieces of equipment, such as those used by fire fighters, is added by a motor-powered rack comprising a ramp assembly that moves between a loading position adjacent to and at an angle of between 20 and 70 degrees to the ground and a stowed position above a vehicle used for transport and generally parallel to the ground.