Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – Having elevating load body
Patent
1994-11-29
1997-04-08
Merritt, Karen B.
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
Having elevating load body
414460, 414474, 414537, 414921, 280 43, 280781, 180234, 180781, 296 25, B65G 6700
Patent
active
056181515
ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle for carrying a load over a street has in a preferred embodiment a bottom platform for supporting the load, a frame, disposed above the bottom platform and mounted to it, for providing structural integrity to the vehicle, a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the frame, and a door arrangement disposed on a side of the vehicle. In further embodiments, the wheels are retractable, so as to permit the bottom platform to approach the street level to facilitate loading and unloading of the vehicle. Additionally, the door arrangement includes a large doorway and a plurality of doors, each door slidably mounted, and all doors are movable to an open position located near an end of the vehicle to expose the large doorway to facilitate loading and unloading of the vehicle. A ramp is hingedly attached to bottom platform, so that the ramp may be folded into an up position and unfolded into a down position, and in the down position it may provide a smooth transition from the bottom platform to street level.
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Gordon Stephen
Merritt Karen B.
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