Loading/unloading device for a delivery vehicle
OwnerDavid William PRESBYinventor
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Abstract
A loading/unloading device for delivering an item(s) to be delivered. The loading/unloading device includes an outer nested track; an inner nested track nested within the outer nested track; a curved generally U-shaped guide track nested within the inner nested track; and a movable trolley accommodated and movable along the curved generally U-shaped guide track. A drive motor being is supported by a first end of the curved generally U-shaped guide track for conveying the movable trolley back and forth along the curved generally U-shaped guide track for loading and unloading the item(s) to be delivered. A delivery vehicle, including at least one loading/unloading device for delivering the item(s) to be delivered, is also disclosed.
Claims6
A delivery vehicle including an integral loading/unloading device, the delivery vehicle including;
- a vehicle body;
- a movable trolley being accommodated and movable in relation to the vehicle body;
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- a drive member attached to the movable trolley, the drive member for conveying the movable trolley back and forth along a guide track, the guide track including a first horizontal portion and a second vertical portion, the second portion extending downwardly on a side of the vehicle body, wherein the movable trolley supports at least one pivotable fork, the fork constructed and arranged to maintain a horizontal position when the movable trolley is in the horizontal portion of the guide track and when the movable trolley is in the vertical portion of the guide track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.