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A cargo carrier assembly (or "carrier") is externally carried at the rear of a truck. The carrier comprises a monorail support in combination with a wheeled container specifically adapted to be pivotably loaded onto the monorail by using pivot latches which matingly receive locking pins fixedly secu

A cargo carrier assembly (or "carrier") is externally carried at the rear of a truck. The carrier comprises a monorail support in combination with a wheeled container specifically adapted to be pivotably loaded onto the monorail by using pivot latches which matingly receive locking pins fixedly secured to the container. The monorail ("M") comprises (i) an elongate rectilinear slider shank connecting the M to the truck, and (ii) a support beam telescopable on the slider shank. Only a portion of the base of the container is either directly supported on the M, or supported on pivot pins secured to the base. Though the container may be secured with only two pivot latches and an attachment latch, it is preferred to use, in addition, a second attachment latch. The width of the wheeled container is chosen so that it can be rolled in an inclined position through a doorway of a conventional dwelling, and the length is chosen so that, when loaded on the support beam the container does not obscure the tail-lights of the truck.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A cargo carrier for a sports utility vehicle having a rear door or hatch and tail lights, said cargo carrier comprising,(i) a monorail in combination with(ii) a wheeled container having a rigid generally planar base pivotably disposed upon said monorail and releasably secured thereu

[ I claim:] [1.] A cargo carrier for a sports utility vehicle having a rear door or hatch and tail lights, said cargo carrier comprising,(i) a monorail in combination with(ii) a wheeled container having a rigid generally planar base pivotably disposed upon said monorail and releasably secured thereupon; d monorail comprising,(a) a single rigid longitudinally extending support beam;(b) a rigid slider shank adapted to be demountably secured to the frame of the vehicle, said support beam being non-rotatably telescopable relative to said slider shank from a retracted position proximately disposed relative to said vehicles rear door or hatch, to an extended position, said slider shank having a length sufficient to permit movement of said support beam and container thereupon to said extended position when said vehicle's rear gate or hatch may be opened, said monorail directly supporting only a minor portion of said base's area;(c) a pair of pivot means secured to one longitudinal side of said support beam, and at least one attachment means secured opposite to one of said pivot means, said pivot means and attachment means being adapted to secure said container upon said support beam;said container having fixedly secured thereto, (i) two spaced-apart locking means to be matingly received in said pivot means, and, (ii) coaxially spaced-apart wheels fixedly secured near one end of said base to allow said container to be rolled in an inclined attitude;said locking means being securable in said pivot means without lifting said wheels off the ground;said container having a width less than that of a doorway through which it is to be rollingly transported in an inclined attitude, and a length less than the spacing of said vehicle's tail lights.