Cargo loading and unloading apparatus for trucks
OwnerRobert M. Weston, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including a plurality of interconnected portable pallets on which cargo is placed and which may be selectively moved into or removed from a truck body. The pallets constitute the bed or floor of the truck and may be independently or simultaneously moved into the body of the truck or removed therefrom so that portions of the contents may be loaded or discharged from different loading docks or the entire contents of the truck may be loaded or discharged from the same dock. The cargo may be loaded on the pallet or pallets prior to insertion into the body of the truck and such cargo may be unloaded from the pallets after the truck has departed so as to reduce delay in the operation of the truck.
Claims8
An apparatus for handling cargo comprising the combination of a vehicle and a plurality of mobile pallets which are selectively moved into or removed from the vehicle, said vehicle including a body having at least side wall means mounted on a chassis and being devoid of a continuous floor, at least one longitudinally extending pallet support means mounted on said chassis, baffle means carried by said side wall means and extending substantially the full length of said body, said baffle means extending inwardly from said side wall means toward said support means to a position underlying said pallets when said pallets are moved onto said support means, each of said pallets including an imperforate wall extending across said body and overlying said baffle means carried by each side wall means, and friction reducing means for supporting said pallets, whereby said pallets support the cargo within body of the vehicle and said baffle means protects the cargo within the vehicle.
An apparatus for handling cargo comprising the combination of a vehicle and a plurality of mobile pallets which are selectively moved into or removed from the vehicle, said vehicle including a body having a chassis on which side, front and top walls are mounted and being devoid of a continuous floor, a pair of spaced generally parallel pallet support members mounted on said chassis and extending longitudinally the full length of said body, an inwardly extending baffle carried by each of said side walls and extending substantially the full length of said body, each of said baffles extending inwardly toward said support members, each of said pallets including an imperforate top wall having downwardly extending side, front and rear walls, each of said pallets being supported by a plurality of wheels, means for releasably attaching each of said pallets to an adjacent structure, means for selectively releasing said attaching means so that at least one pallet may be separated from the adjacent structure, and skirt means located along each side of each pallet in a position to be in overlapping relationship with said baffle when said pallet is on said support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.