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US 2009/0014583 A1Published application
Removable cargo pod with lifting mechanism and open top
OwnerDavid Barbour Sheltoninventor
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Abstract
A removable cargo pod for attachment to an aircraft fuselage; a mechanism in said pod to raise and lower it into and from engagement with the fuselage; and an open top so as to provide access to the interior while it is vertically displaced or removed from the fuselage.
Claims7
An aircraft cargo container, comprising:
- An open top pod having a wall with an upper peripheral edge to mate with the undersurface of the fuselage of an aircraft;
- and a mechanism in said pod to raise and lower the pod from and to a surface below the aircraft into and from engagement with the aircraft fuselage.
The method of loading and installing an open top aircraft cargo pod, comprising:
- Providing an open top cargo pod having two spaced apart lateral sides;
- positioning the cargo pod on one of the lateral sides;
- loading the cargo pod by inserting the cargo into the pod, between the lateral sides;
- laying the loaded cargo pod on a surface with the open pod top facing upwardly;
- positioning the loaded cargo pod beneath the aircraft fuselage;
- and raising the loaded cargo pod into engagement with the aircraft fuselage.
3 more elements
The method of claim E in which the cargo is a motorcycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.