Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Separable load rack
Patent
1987-04-20
1988-09-06
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Separable load rack
211195, 410 9, 410 16, 410 18, 414786, B60P 164, B65D 8812, B65D 8852
Patent
active
047689161
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for loading motor vehicles into a standard cargo-carrying enclosure, such as a container or van, for transport therein. The vehicles are loaded onto a frame exterior of the enclosure so as to be supported therby in multiple columns of vertically-spaced vehicles in end-to-end relation to one another. Thereafter the frame and vertically-spaced vehicles are inserted in unison matingly into the cargo-carrying enclosure for transport to a destination where the frame and vehicles are withdrawn from the enclosure for unloading purposes. Positioning of the vehicles on the frame prior to insertion into the container is accmplished by a powered gantry which successively detachably engages each of a plurality of different vehicle-support assemblies and lifts them and their associated vehicles separately relative to the frame into elevated positions where the support assemblies are retained against downward movement by locking to the frame. During insertion into the cargo-carrying enclosure, the frame is separated from the gantry.
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Gearin Peter
Leech Everett A.
Bucci David A.
G & G Intellectual Properties, Inc.
Spar Robert J.
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