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An attachment and method to implement loading of a vehicle having a hinged storage compartment closure member such as a trunk lid or hatchback on an automobile by utilizing the closure member as a lifting lever. The conventional hinged trunk lid or hatchback is formed with one or more hook or other

An attachment and method to implement loading of a vehicle having a hinged storage compartment closure member such as a trunk lid or hatchback on an automobile by utilizing the closure member as a lifting lever. The conventional hinged trunk lid or hatchback is formed with one or more hook or other material engaging members at the free end of the lid or hatchback remote from the conventional hinge mounting edge of the lid or hatchback. A piston-cylinder assembly having fixed capacity energy storing means in the form of a fixed charge fluid chamber and a variable capacity energy storing means in the form of a variable charge fluid chamber is positioned between the vehicle body and the lid or hatchback, and fluid from a fluid system is selectively directed to the variable charge fluid chamber in the cylinder to displace the piston against the trunk or hatchback lid to lift same, whereby any material engaged by the hook can be lifted to a position over the vehicle storage compartment. Alternatively, the piston-cylinder assembly may function to counterbalance the weight of the lid or hatchback when fluid is absent from the variable charge fluid chamber in the piston-cylinder assembly, allowing compressed gas in the closed fixed charge fluid chamber to act as a counterbalance for the lid.

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A vehicle loading attachment for vehicles having a hinged closure lid overlying an opening of a storage area in the vehicle, said attachment comprising a piston-cylinder assembly having opposed ends and a piston rod extensible from one end; a pivot connection at each end of said piston-cylinder asse

A vehicle loading attachment for vehicles having a hinged closure lid overlying an opening of a storage area in the vehicle, said attachment comprising a piston-cylinder assembly having opposed ends and a piston rod extensible from one end; a pivot connection at each end of said piston-cylinder assembly, one pivot connection couplable to the vehicle body adjacent the opening to the storage area, the other pivot connection couplable to the closure lid; distending means for extending the piston rod of said piston-cylinder assembly from the cylinder of said piston-cylinder assembly; load engaging means secured to the closure lid; and control means for selectively actuating said distending means to control piston rod extension to selectively raise said lid, whereby a load engaged by said load engaging means may be selectively lifted by the closure lid.