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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360784 | Multifunctional mobile storage and delivery system A reconfigurable, transportable container assembly is provided. Side panels are releasably interconnected with each other and combine with a base panel, and a top panel releasably mates with the side panels. The top panel is combined with the side panels and the bas... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7264145 | Bus bicycle rack having a spring operated wheel lock A bicycle rack is provided for connection to a vehicle, and especially a bus for the transport of a bicycle. The bicycle rack has a frame pivotally connected to a bracket which is connectable to a front of a bus. A pair of elongate cradles traverse the frame of the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7178823 | Portable trailer A transport vehicle includes a bed formed in the rear end thereof. A base is seated on the bed and supports a load-bearing platform opposing the bed forming a storage space therebetween and an opening therebetween into the storage space at the rear end of the vehicl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162760 | Methods and apparatus for a step mounting system A step mounting apparatus includes a stepping portion, at least one mounting support extending from the stepping portion, and at least one contact member attached to the at least one mounting support. The at least one contact member is adjustable with respect to the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7073994 | Cargo deck for an aircraft There are known cargo decks for aircraft that comprise floor beams or an equivalent floor substructure and floor panels, ball mats, roller tracks, or other such transport devices connected thereto for conveying and fixing in position pallets, containers or similar o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029226 | Cargo carrying deck for the tractor of a semitrailer truck Cargo carry apparatus (220) for a tractor (500) of a semitrailer truck includes a rotatable deck (222) mounted between the fifth wheel (502) and the cab which pivots from a vertical position to a horizontal position until the deck rests u... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6962473 | Apparatus for transferring containers and flat racks from a truck to a trailer A system for loading cargo containers and flat racks off of a truck having a hook lift system onto a trailer and from the trailer back onto the truck comprising a carriage that is moveable along a track system that runs the length of the trailer. The carriage includ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6935829 | Truck operated transfer system apparatus and method A transfer system for transferring a transfer body onto a truck. The impetus to move the transfer body is provided by a driver mounted to the truck. The driver may engage a track extending along the transfer body in order to move the transfer body onto the truck. Th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6679371 | Vehicle comprising loading and unloading apparatus A vehicle including loading and unloading apparatus, which includes a loading platform that can be moved by a driving mechanism. The loading platform includes an endless belt, which is passed over support rollers, and a head partition extending substantia... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6379100 | Apparatus for loading a truck box An apparatus for loading a truck box is provided for use with snowmobiles and the like. The apparatus includes a pair of mounting elements arranged to mount on the respective tailgate mounts of the truck box in place of the tailgate of the truck so that n... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5690452 | Spring loaded automatic plug ejector or hole saws A spring loaded automatic plug ejector for hole saws which utilizes a spring 50 which is increasingly compressed while a hole is being drilled. Once the hole is drilled, the spring 50 decompresses and ejects the plug from the hole saw. The amount of sprin... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690453 | Method and apparatus for transporting cars Cars are loaded individually onto pallets at assembly plants and remain on the pallets until they reach dealers. Most of the palleted cars are transported in specially equipped, closed rail cars from each assembly plant to a main distribution center where... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5505580 | Refuse handling system A refuse handling system having a towable multipurpose trailer and a refuse container which mates with the trailer. The refuse container is designed to receive and hold trash deposited at a remote waste collection site. The trailer has a receiving platfor... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5467827 | Modular fire truck A fire truck having a flat bed includes a conveyor system for loading a number of interchangeable firefighting modules onto the bed. The conveyor system comprises a frame carrying a number of rollers or casters which allow the units to be easily slid on a... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5219260 | Apparatus for transferring a trailer body between a trailer and truck body A truck having a truck body is adapted to tow a trailer having a body disposed on a track. The truck body is tiltable to dump a load. A tailgate in the truck body is liftable after the load dumping. At its forward end, the trailer has a horn movable into ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5209305 | Automated apparatus for removing transplant size seedlings An apparatus for removing tobacco transplant seedlings from a plant bed by being connected to a tractor and pulled thereacross. An undercutter bar is provided at the front of the apparatus for undercutting a ribbon of soil which is then received by a conv... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5163806 | Airline food transportation system The invention provides a plurality of tray cart containers, in which at least four tray carts are loaded into a tray cart container, and a trailer, wherein the trailers have at least one powered conveyor system, and wherein at least four of tray cart cont... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5063648 | Apparatus and method for replacing working-object of processing machine In an apparatus and a method for replacing a working-object of a processing machine, there are provided a working-object replacing support (6), a working-object moving passage (12) and a push/pull drive means (18) for the working-objects (5a)(5b). The pus... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5054987 | Load transfer device A load transfer device for loading or unloading an entire storage compartment, such as the interior of a freight hauling trailer, in one cycle includes a long vertically flexible load support and transfer member that is as long and as wide as the storage ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4919582 | Method and apparatus for loading automobiles into a cargo container A loader includes a sleeve support which will carry in a raised position a lightweight open-centered sleeve, of the type which is capable of holding a plurality of automobiles. An automobile support, capable of carrying the automobiles which will comprise... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4889464 | Movable tipping frame for hoist trucks A hoist vehicle of the semi-trailer type has a slide frame on which a tipping frame is pivotably mounted. The slide frame is adjustably movable between forward and rearward positions relative to the bed of the vehicle to locate the load carried by the tip... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4883402 | Coupling system for drop box The coupling of the present invention is comprised of a carriage which moves along a track mounted in a support frame by means of a motor driven endless chain. The chain is connected to a pivot plate, which is rotatably attached to the carriage. The chain... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4850787 | Cargo vehicle A cargo-work vehicle for detachably supporting a container has lift arms for rotatably supporting the container and a single cooperating auxiliary arm which ensures that the attitude of the container is held constant when the container is loaded and unloa... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4764080 | Coupling for drop box system The coupling of the present invention is comprised of a carriage which moves along a track mounted in a support frame by means of a motor driven endless chain. The chain is connected to a pivot plate, which is rotatably attached to the carriage. The chain... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4755097 | Device for the handling and transfer of a load on a vehicle such as a container or a tray A device for handling a container on a vehicle to permit the container to be tipped about an axis at the rear of the vehicle or to be loaded or unloaded. The device has a reciprocable frame which carries the tipping axis and is caused to reciprocate along... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4632626 | Trailer for loading and hauling agricultural bins A trailer structure, having a mechanical loading system, to transport bins especially as used for agricultural products. The rearward portion of the trailer is lowered for bin pick up and loading, without raising the forward portion of the trailer, by a b... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4597709 | Transferring device for dies and the like The present invention relates to a transferring device for dies of presses and work pallets of machine tools and the like. A die transfer car is movable on two parallel rails, one side of the car is provided flanged wheels and the other side of which is p... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4543026 | Pick-up means for roller pallets A pick-up means for roller pallets in such applications where the roller pallets (1) run on rails (2) on tracks (3). At the discharge end of the tracks there is a stop (4) preventing the discharge of roller pallets until a pick-up means (6) provided with ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4465414 | Freight train A train of railroad cars for receiving, transporting and discharging bulk material, comprising a succession of cars coupled together for movement along a track in an operating direction, each one of the cars having a frame and a last one of the cars in th... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4409903 | Transportation apparatus Transportation apparatus comprising a vehicle, a track supported on the vehicle, a travelling device movable on the track, a plurality of pivotally movable piston-cylinder units driven by a pressure medium interspaced along the track in the longitudinal d... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4298304 | Vehicles with demountable bodies A combination of a vehicle and a demountable body for transporting loads, the vehicle having a support which is movable between a horizontal position to support the body for transportation and an inclined position. The support carries an ended chain provi... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4221536 | Method of handling baggage A system for transporting baggage, or other articles, comprises a trailer having a plurality of cases secured thereon, each case for receiving two baggage containing mobile capsules, having a lift means for elevating and holding one of the capsules above ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4124129 | Loader and storage system This invention is a loader-unloader and storage system for loads such as cargo containers or trailers to transfer them to or from trains or vehicles moving by. This loader has a lift frame with forks or hooks for engaging under to hold a load. The frame i... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4093089 | Arrangement particularly in goods vehicle for conveyance of load carriers positioned in double or multiple rows An arrangement in a conveyor mechanism, particularly of the kind mounted on the loading platform of goods vehicles and comprising a continuous conveyor means on which are provided equidistantly spaced driving carriages to which are to be coupled one or se... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4062465 | Powered loading system A powered loading system is disclosed for loading and unloading a heavy load-carrying module onto a vehicle for transport. The module is supported for movement on casters and, additionally, it includes rollers and a slotted probe member. The transport veh... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4058231 | Apparatus for moving an exchangeable platform or a container on to and off of a tipping frame of a lorry, trailer, or the like Method and apparatus for unloading a platform from a lorry having a tipping frame, the tipping frame having an endless belt or chain which in turn has an elongated chain connected thereto. The chain has hook and wedge member thereon adapted to connect to ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4051959 | System for handling goods on carriers for combined railway and overland transportation In a system for handling goods on carriers for combined railway and overland transportation, the use of a truck having its own pulling/pushing device for pulling/pushing the carriers in the longitudinal direction of the truck from a railway car, across th... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4009792 | Cargo conveying apparatus on motor truck A cargo conveying apparatus on a motor truck is described which is capable of moving cargo on the motor truck in a rotational manner by means of a series of conveying mechanisms, and wherein substantially all of the area of the truck bed is utilized witho... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3999671 | Article handling system An article handling system for trucks or tractor-drawn trailers which will deliver an article, such as a palletized load, to the rear opening of the truck from a designated position thereon without having to remove other containers from the truck.... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3991889 | Railway transportating system and apparatus therefor A railway transportation system for express delivery of cargo anywhere in the system employs standard unit trains operating throughout the system, with the individual cars in the train carrying freight in containerized units which are automatically loaded... | 11/16/1976 |
