Cargo loader
AssigneeSAFE Structure Designs, LLC
InventorJohn Buscema
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a cargo loader comprising a tractor assembly and a vertical adjustment assembly carried by the tractor assembly. The vertical adjustment assembly comprises a base, a deck platform linked to the base by a lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism is configured to retract and extend in a vertical direction such that a height of the deck platform varies between a retracted height and an extended height. The vertical assembly further comprises an attachment. The attachment is interchangeably and removably coupled to the deck platform and configured to vary between the predetermined retracted height and the predetermined extended height.
Claims20
A vertical adjustment assembly configured to be carried by an associated tractor assembly, the vertical adjustment assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a deck platform comprising a winch assembly;
- a lifting mechanism configured to mechanically couple the deck platform to the base and configured to retract and extend in a vertical direction such that a height of the deck platform varies between a predetermined retracted height and a predetermined extended height;
- and
- at least one fork extension removably coupled to the deck platform.
A cargo loader, comprising:
- a tractor assembly;
- and
- a vertical adjustment assembly configured to be carried by the tractor assembly, the vertical adjustment assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a deck platform comprising a winch assembly;
- a lifting mechanism configured to mechanically couple the deck platform to the base and configured to retract and extend in a vertical direction such that a height of the deck platform varies between a predetermined retracted height and a predetermined extended height;
- and
- at least one fork extension removably coupled to the deck platform.
A cargo loader, comprising:
- a tractor assembly;
- a vertical adjustment assembly configured to be carried by the tractor assembly, the vertical adjustment assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a deck platform;
- a lifting mechanism configured to mechanically couple the deck platform to the base and configured to retract and extend in a vertical direction such that a height of the deck platform varies between a predetermined retracted height and a predetermined extended height;
- a winch assembly connected to a side of the deck platform of the deck platform;
- and
- at least one fork extension removably coupled to the deck platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.