US 8,911,001 B1Granted

Method and system for transporting, loading, and unloading various types of goods

OwnerJoseph Verrochiinventor

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Abstract

A method and system for transporting, loading, and unloading various types of goods can include a motor vehicle having a tractor portion and a rectilinear shaped cargo area portion. The cargo area portion can include three traditional sides and a curtain side. The various parts of the system can include, but are not limited to, the following: a front, first width, solid side of the rectilinear shaped cargo area that is adjacent to a tractor portion. The system can further include a solid side along a first length of the rectilinear shaped cargo area. A first door can be contained with the solid side along the first length. Adjacent to the first door, a side-mount liftgate can be positioned. A rear, second width, solid side of the rectilinear shaped cargo area can contain a second door. The second door can be a rolling type door.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A system for transporting goods comprising:

a motor vehicle;
a cargo area defined by four walls;
a first wall comprising a substantially solid material and a door;
a second wall comprising a flexible curtain, wherein the second wall further comprises a plurality of exterior fastening mechanisms relative to the cargo area for securing the flexible curtain to a floor portion of the cargo area, each exterior fastening mechanism comprising a strap, hook and buckle positioned only on an exterior of the flexible curtain relative to the cargo area and at a bottom portion of the flexible curtain such that each exterior fastening mechanism only extends a distance that is less than one-half a height of the flexible curtain and only on the exterior of the flexible curtain when in a tensioned state, wherein each strap passes through a respective buckle, and each respective buckle applies tension to a respective strap for pulling each hook to secure the flexible curtain to the floor portion of the cargo area during transport, wherein the second wall further comprises a slidable coupler for slidably coupling the curtain to a roof portion of the cargo area, the slidable coupler comprising a roller;
and
a removable cylindrically shaped beam coupled to the roof portion of the cargo area and positioned adjacent to the second wall, the removable cylindrically shaped beam being collapsible around a hinge positioned within a portion of the removable cylindrically shaped beam, the removable cylindrically shaped beam being slideably engaged with the roof portion such that the removable cylindrically shaped beam may be moved and positioned at any point along the second wall.

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A method for transporting and loading movable goods comprising:

forming a cargo area with three solid sides, a solid roof, a solid floor, and a flexible curtain side, wherein the flexible curtain side further comprises a plurality of exterior fastening mechanisms relative to the cargo area for securing the flexible curtain side to a floor portion of the cargo area, each exterior fastening mechanism comprising a strap, hook and buckle positioned only on an exterior of the flexible curtain relative to the cargo area and at a bottom portion of the flexible curtain such that each exterior fastening mechanism only extends a distance that is less than one-half a height of the flexible curtain and only on the exterior of the flexible curtain when in a tensioned state, wherein each strap passes through a respective buckle, and each respective buckle applies tension to a respective strap for pulling each hook to secure the flexible curtain to the floor portion of the cargo area during transport, wherein the second wall further comprises a slidable coupler for slidably coupling the curtain to a roof portion of the cargo area, the slidable coupler comprising a roller;
and
coupling a removable cylindrically shaped beam to the roof portion of the cargo area and positioning it adjacent to the flexible curtain side, the removable beam being collapsible around a hinge positioned within a portion of the removable cylindrically shaped beam, the removable cylindrically shaped beam being slideably engaged with the roof portion such that the removable cylindrically shaped beam may be moved and positioned at any point along the second wall.

A system for transporting and loading movable goods comprising:

means for forming a cargo area with three solid sides, a solid roof, a solid floor, and a flexible curtain side, wherein the flexible curtain side further comprises a plurality of exterior fastening mechanisms relative to the cargo area for securing the flexible curtain side to a floor portion of the cargo area, each exterior fastening mechanism comprising a strap, hook and buckle positioned only on an exterior of the flexible curtain relative to the cargo area and at a bottom portion of the flexible curtain such that each exterior fastening mechanism only extends a distance that is less than one-half a height of the flexible curtain and only on the exterior of the flexible curtain when in a tensioned state, wherein each strap passes through a respective buckle, and each respective buckle applies tension to a respective strap for pulling each hook to secure the flexible curtain to the floor portion of the cargo area during transport, wherein the second wall further comprises a slidable coupler for slidably coupling the curtain to a roof portion of the cargo area, the slidable coupler comprising a roller;
and
means for coupling a removable cylindrically shaped beam to the roof portion of the cargo area and positioning it adjacent to the flexible curtain side, the removable cylindrically shaped beam being collapsible around a hinge positioned within a portion of the removable cylindrically shaped beam, the removable cylindrically shaped beam being slideably engaged with the roof portion such that the removable cylindrically shaped beam may be moved and positioned at any point along the second wall.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/646,708Filed 7 Oct 2012 · continuation
Priority: 27 Aug 2009
Granted: 16 Dec 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B65G 67/02
Loading or unloading vehicles: loading or unloading land vehicles
B60J 5/0497
Arranged at the vehicle sides: for load transporting vehicles or public transport, e.g. lorries, trucks, buses
B60J 5/065
For utility vehicles or public transport: with non-rigid elements, e.g. side curtains
B60P 1/003
Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading: vehicles with loading gates