Straddle carrier

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2005-09-06

2005-09-06

Lillis, Eileen D. (Department: 3652)

Material or article handling

Opposed shelf-type elevator and transporter

Load bridging vehicle

Reexamination Certificate

active

06939098

ABSTRACT:
The straddle carrier comprising separate front and rear towers, each tower being of a generally inverted U shaped configuration and having a pair of ground wheel assemblies which can be spaced apart sufficiently to allow a container to locate between the assemblies, each tower including attachment means to attach the tower to the container, each tower having lifting means to lift the container. By having separate front and rear towers, as opposed to a chassis arrangement of existing straddle carriers, the straddle carrier according to the invention can be simply attached to each corner of a container of any length. Thus, the straddle carrier can be used on containers having lengths of 20 ft, 40 ft, and 50 ft, and can also handle containers without side walls or front or back walls which are also called flat beds or flat racks.

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