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US 7,611,321 B1Granted
Portable storage system
OwnerD. Jeffrey Cooperinventor
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Abstract
A method of providing portable storage and a portable storage system including a vehicle for carrying a container. The vehicle includes a tilting bed carried by a wheeled carriage. A lift system tilts the bed from the carriage to load and unload the container by using a conveyor on the bed.
Claims7
A vehicle for transporting a storage container comprising:
- a tilting bed, said tilting bed for loading and unloading the container;
- an endless conveyor, a pair of sprockets, said conveyor mounted on said pair of sprockets, said pair of sprockets affixed to said tilting bed;
- a motor, said motor operably connected for driving said conveyor;
- a latch, said latch mounted on said conveyor, said latch for joining the container to said conveyor, said latch comprising a pivotable forward arm and a pivotable rearward arm, said forward arm engaging said rearward arm in a closed position and as said latch encounters one of said pair of sprockets said forward arm and said rearward arm each pivot to disengage and open said latch;
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- a key switch, a pin and a lock, said pin selectively positionable in said key switch for powering said motor, and alternatively positionable in said lock for retaining said latch, said lock proximate said motor, said lock comprising a pair of lock arms, said pin positionable through said pair of lock arms to retain said latch relative to said tilting bed.
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