Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Having elevating load body
Patent
1996-12-06
2000-04-04
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Having elevating load body
187253, 187260, B60P 102
Patent
active
060453176
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle including an elevatable cargo box to facilitate cargo loading and unloading. The vehicle includes a U-shaped cargo area within which the cargo box is located by mounted guides. The cargo box is movable between elevated and lowered positions by cables, which is operated by a drive system and is laterally secured in the elevated position by cones being fully registered within blocks. In a preferred embodiment, the cargo box is retrofitted to an existing vehicle. A series of cables is connected to corners of the cargo box and a drive is operably connected to the series of cables for retracting and extending the cables effecting the movement of the cargo box.
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Brochure dated 1989 entitled "Say G'day to the . . . Kelpie Kargo . . . The World's First Fair-Dinkum* Pick-up Truck".
Boucher Paul Y.
Davey Leslie T.
Bucci David A.
Tooling Technology Centre Inc.
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