Transfer mechanism for campers and like framed units

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AN OPEN BED, A FRAMED UNIT ADAPTED TO BE CARRIED ON THE BED OF THE VEHICLE AND TO BE OFF-LOADED FROM THE VEHICLE AND SUPPORTED ON SELF-CONTAINED SUPPORT MEANS, AND A FRAMED UNIT TRANSFER MEANS AIDING IN LOADING AND UNLOADING THE FRAMED UNIT FROM THE BED OF THE VEHICLE, SAID TRANSFER MEANS COMPRISING SKID MEANS EXTENSIBLE FORWARDLY OF THE FRAMED UNIT AND CONFIGURED TO PRESENT INCLINED LOWER SURFACE MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE REAR EDGE OF SAID VEHICLE BED TO GRADUALLY LIFT THE FRONT END OF SAID FRAMED UNIT IN THE PROGRESS OF THE FRAMED UNIT FROM A GROUND SUPPORTED POSITION TO A FULLY LOADED POSITION ON THE BED OF THE VEHICLE, MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTING SAID SKID MEANS ON SAID FRAMED UNIT IN A MANNER ENABLING MOVEMENT THEREOF INTO A RETRACTED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAND ENTIRELY ABOVE THE LOWER FORWARD EDGE OF SAID FRAMED UNIT, SUCH COMBINATION FURTHER COMPRISING A WINCH ASSEMBLY AND HAULING LINE ARRANGED TO ACT BETWEEN SAID VEHICLE AND SAID TRANSFER MEANS FOR THE LOADING OF THE FRAMED UNIT ON THE BED OF THE VEHICLE.