Adaptor pallet and method of handling cargo
AssigneeK.Hartwall Oy AB
InventorCarsten Moberg
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Abstract
An adaptor pallet (10) which comprises at least one load bearing deck (12) to receive the wheels (22) of a dolly (20), the load bearing decks (12) that are separated by at least one lifting point (18) to receive the lifting forks of a forklift as well as at least one locking member (16) to engage with the dolly (20) the locking member (16) being adapted to be manipulated with activation means. The activation means comprises at least a lever (14) and it is adapted to deactivate said locking member (16) when it is moved in its first degree of freedom. Also the activation means is adapted to activate said locking member (16) when it is moved in its second degree of freedom. A method of handling cargo.
Claims20
An adaptor pallet comprising
- at least two load bearing decks to receive the wheels of a dolly, the at least two load bearing decks being separated by at least one lifting point to receive the lifting forks of a forklift;
- and
- at least one locking member to engage with the dolly;
- activation means for manipulating the at least one locking member,
- wherein the activation means comprises at least a lever, and the activation means is configured to be moved in a first degree of freedom and in a second degree of freedom which is different from the first degree of freedom, and
- wherein said activation means is adapted to deactivate said at least one locking member when moved in its first degree of freedom and adapted to activate said at least one locking member when moved in its second degree of freedom,
- wherein the lever is adapted to move an axle, to which the at least one locking member is attached, and
- wherein connected to said at least one locking member is a means for suspending said at least one locking member in relation to said axle, wherein a dolly may be loaded albeit said at least one locking member being activated.
An adaptor pallet comprising
- at least two load bearing decks to receive the wheels of a dolly, the at least two load bearing decks being separated by at least one lifting point to receive the lifting forks of a forklift;
- and
- at least one locking member to engage with the dolly;
- activation means for manipulating the at least one locking member,
- wherein the activation means comprises at least a lever, and the activation means is configured to be moved in a first degree of freedom and in a second degree of freedom which is different from the first degree of freedom, and
- wherein said activation means is adapted to deactivate said at least one locking member when moved in its first degree of freedom and adapted to activate said at least one locking member when moved in its second degree of freedom, and
- wherein at least one lifting point is elevated from the at least two load bearing decks by walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.