Winch for installing and removing camper housings

Claim 1

A WINCH ASSEMBLY FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING A CAMPER HOUSING WHICH IS SEPARABLE FROM A VEHICLE AND WHICH IS OF A TYPE HAVING A MAIN BODY PORTION ARRANGED TO RIDE ON A VEHICLE BED IN REARWARDLY SPACED RELATION FROM THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE AND ALSO HAVING AN UPPER, FORWARDLY PROJECTING PORTION: COMPRISING A PAIR OF END FRAMES ONE OF WHICH IS ARRANGED TO BE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE FRONT END OF A CAMPER HOUSING AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS ARRANGED TO BE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE REARWARD END OF THE CAMPER HOUSING, SAID FRONT FRAME COMPRISING AN UPPER PORTION ARRANGED TO EXTEND LATERALLY THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CAMPER HOUSING AND THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE, WINCH MEANS MOUNTED ON THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FRONT FRAME AND ARRANGED FOR CONNECTION TO THE CAMPER HOUSING FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE LATTER UPON OPERATION OF THE WINCH MEANS, AND A PAIR OF POSTS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FRONT FRAME FOR SUPPORTING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LATTER IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CAMPER HOUSING AND THE CAB, ONE OF SAID POSTS, BEING DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FRONT FRAME TO FACILITATE INSERTION OF SAID UPPER PORTION INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CAMPER HOUSING AND THE CAB.