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US 12,600,583 B1Granted
Cargo-carrying systems, methods of loading a cargo-carrying system, and systems for loading the cargo-carrying system
AssigneeGreen Swan Technologies, LLC
InventorTimothy Scott Graham
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Abstract
Described are cargo-carrying systems, methods of loading and unloading the cargo-carrying systems, and systems for loading and unloading the cargo-carrying systems, with examples of the cargo-carrying systems being useful as removable cargo carriers that can be loaded into and carried for transport in a top-loading cargo transport vessel.
Claims16
A method of loading cargo to a bottom-loading trailer, the trailer comprising:
- a front end supported by front wheels,
- an aft end supported by aft wheels, and
- a cargo-carrying system comprising
- a frame comprising a frame bottom and a bottom opening in the frame bottom, and
- a removable deck adapted to be supported by the frame;
- the method comprising:
- moving the trailer over a transport deck to position the frame above a loading platform space that includes a loading platform,
- supporting the removable deck on the loading platform positioned in the loading platform space, with cargo supported by the removable deck,
- elevating the loading platform, the removable deck, and the cargo, through the bottom opening, and
- supporting the removable deck on the frame.
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