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US 4,398,859 AGranted
Trailers
OwnerRobert Ballinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle or trailer having a chassis to which is pivotally connected an elevator or conveyor, the elevator or conveyor being movable from a position in which the elevator or conveyor extends transversely of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle or trailer from one side thereof to a position in which the elevator or conveyor is substantially parallel to the axis of the vehicle or trailer and lies within the overall confines thereof.
Claims11
A vehicle or trailer which is adapted to be connected to a towing vehicle comprising a chassis having at least one pair of wheels rotatably mounted thereon;
- a main load-carrying platform mounted on the chassis;
- a secondary platform disposed at a lower level than the main load-carrying platform and a pivotally mounted elevator, the elevator being pivotally movable from an operative position in which the elevator extends transversely of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle or trailer from one side thereof to an out of use position in which the elevator extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle or trailer and said elevator further being disposed below the main load-carrying platform in the out of use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.