Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Michener, Joshua J (Department: 3644)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
C244S118100, C410S074000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08006935
ABSTRACT:
A cargo handling system and method employing a plurality of slide units and tracks. The tracks are mounted in or on a floor of a cargo area of a mobile platform, and also on a ramp of the mobile platform. The slide units slide within the tracks and enable container roll in, roll out platforms (CROPs) and 1077 flatracks to be slidably moved into and out from the cargo area. The slide units are arranged at the four corners of each CROP or 1077 flatrack and can be positively locked to a CROP or 1077 flatrack by a standard ISO twist lock assembly. The slide units eliminate the need for a K-loader and a crane to be present at the site where loading or unloading is to occur. Instead, suitable vehicles such a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTTs), which are more readily transported to remote cites, can be used to assist in slidably loading and offloading CROPs and 1077 flatracks.
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Garcia Anibal J.
Reiner Thomas K.
Rohrlick Myles A.
Simmons John B.
Wells James S.
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Michener Joshua J
O'Hara Brian M
The Boeing Company
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