Material or article handling – Load-transporting type vehicle and external means... – Of driven type – for unloading a wheeled vehicle
Patent
1993-05-13
1994-07-05
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Load-transporting type vehicle and external means...
Of driven type, for unloading a wheeled vehicle
414395, 414400, 414500, B65G 6702
Patent
active
053262131
ABSTRACT:
A sectional van trailer having detachable, interchangeable compartments capable of forming a continuous van body is disclosed. One or more van sections or cargo compartments are secured to a trailer frame. The van sections may be individually removed and left at a location for loading or unloading. When removed, the van sections form secure, weather-tight individual containers for the goods disposed therein. The van sections are interconnected and each van section may remain an individual compartment or may be joined with one or more adjacent van sections to form a continuous van body. A tractor mounted hoist apparatus is provided to allow a lone truck operator to move the van sections between the ground, and the trailer frame, a storage stand, or a truck frame. The described embodiments are particularly efficient for moving both household belongings and general commodities on a long-haul trip. Moreover, since the individual van sections may be removed from a trailer, stored, and resecured to a different trailer frame, it is possible to transport the loaded van sections to a hub terminal and then transfer the van sections to outgoing trailers heading for points along the way to a final destination. Use of the present invention allows much more efficient transportation of goods by truck since loads may be planned to allow a direct, rather than circuitous, route to a final destination. Also disclosed is a system for removably constructing shelf decks and partition walls within the cargo compartment or other cargo holding section.
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