Structure and method for mounting a conveyor drive system inside a load holding compartment

A conveyor drive system for installation in a load-holding compartment, said load-holding compartment having a compartment floor having a top surface, said conveyor drive system comprising:

• (a) at least one linear actuator, each said at least one linear actuator having at least one stationary component and a plurality of moving components;
• (b) a framework for attaching said at least one stationary component to said top surface of said compartment floor, said framework comprising:
• (i) a first angled sub-frame member and a second angled sub-frame member, each angled sub-frame member having a first end and a second end;
• (ii) a spanning sub-frame member, said spanning sub-frame member having a first end and a second end;
• (iii) a first side wall and a second side wall, each side wall having a lower edge associatable with said top surface of said compartment floor of said load-holding compartment;
• (iv) the first end of said first angled sub-frame member associated with said at least one stationary component of said at least one linear actuator, the second end of said first angled sub-frame member associated with said first side wall;
• (v) the first end of said second angled sub-frame member associated with said at least one stationary component of said at least one linear actuator, the second end of said second angled sub-frame member associated with said second side wall;
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• (vi) the first end of said spanning sub-frame member associated with said first side wall, and the second end of said spanning sub-frame member associated with said second side wall;
• (c) at least one linear-actuator-to-slat connector, each linear-actuator-to-slat connector attached to at least one of said plurality of moving components, each of said plurality of moving components attached to a particular linear-actuator-to-slat connector moving simultaneously in relation to the movement of said particular linear-actuator-to-slat connector;
• (d) the interconnection of said at least one linear actuator, said framework, and said at least one linear-actuator-to-slat connector allowing said conveyor drive system to be handled as a unitary component.