Roll-off hoist for variable positioning of containers

Claim 1

A vehicle mounted roll-off hoist for loading, transporting and unloading containers of various sizes, each container having container stop means and cable hitch means at its forward end, said hoist comprising: a roll-off hoist frame hingedly connected at its rearward end to a vehicle to pivot between a horizontal transport position and a rearwardly inclined loading position, said hoist frame adapted to receive a container directly atop and adjacent thereto; a container stop carriage slidably mounted to said hoist frame forwardly of the rearward end, said carriage adapted for extension forwardly of said hoist frame and for retraction therefrom; carriage stop means mounted on said stop carriage for engagement with coacting container stop means on a container; a cable winch apparatus operable with said hoist frame and adapted to pull a container onto said hoist frame; actuator means interposed between said stop carriage and said hoist frame for moving said stop carriage and a container connected thereto forwardly of said hoist frame; and wherein said container stop carriage is mounted entirely forwardly of the rearward end of said hoist frame and is not extendable rearwardly of the rearward end of said hoist frame.