Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414477000 | Load-receiving portion also shiftable longitudinally | 33 |
20100068020 | SNOWMOBILE LOADER - A snowmobile loader having a base having generally opposed side members and at least one cross member that is disposed between the side members, the cross member including a first portion having a first surface adapted to rest on a tailgate when the tailgate is in a down position and a second surface generally opposed the first surface, the second surface having a base roller disposed thereon and a second portion depending from the first portion, such that when the cross member rests on the tailgate the second portion prevents the tailgate portion from shifting with respect to the tailgate. The snowmobile loader further includes a ramp having a track portion and a pair of ski portions on opposing sides of the track section, the ramp being selectively engageable with the base such that the ramp is slidable on the roller between a ramp position and a transport position. | 03-18-2010 |
20100086386 | CAR SLIDER ASSEMBLY - A slider assembly for loading and unloading a vehicle from a trailer includes a frame assembly movable between retracted and extended positions, a drive system including a drive motor and a linkage assembly operably coupling the drive motor with the frame assembly, wherein the drive system moves the frame assembly between the retracted and the extended positions thereof, and a wheel assembly movable between an extending position, wherein the wheel assembly extends away from the frame assembly and supports the frame above a ground surface and an angular ramp extending rearwardly of the trailer, and a retracted position, wherein the wheel assembly is retracted to a position proximate the frame assembly, and wherein the wheel assembly supports the frame assembly at a substantially constant height above a ground surface as the frame assembly is moved between the retracted and extended positions, and a controller adapted to control the drive system and move the frame assembly between the retracted and extended positions thereof, and to control the wheel assembly between the retracted and extended positions. | 04-08-2010 |
20100129185 | LOADING DEVICE - A loading apparatus having a base frame mounted to a vehicle. The loading apparatus has a first frame system connected to the base frame and a second frame system having a carriage slidably connected to the first frame system and a pivot frame connected to the carriage. The loading apparatus has a cable assembly having a stationary pulley mounted to the carriage and a pulley bracket mounted to the pivot frame. | 05-27-2010 |
20100215465 | Vehicle carrier assembly - An improved vehicle carrier assembly for use with carrier vehicles to secure four wheels of a vehicle to be transported includes at least two beams, at least four wheel carriers, and a drive assembly. The two beams are comprised of a first beam and a second beam. The first beam is substantially parallel with the second beam, both the first beam and the second beam comprise an inboard side and an outboard side. The inboard side comprises an elevated shim for the purpose of enabling one wheel carrier to cross-over the other wheel carrier for the purpose of engaging all four wheels of a vehicle to be transported. The wheel carriers are in communication with the drive assembly. The drive assembly is comprised of a motor. | 08-26-2010 |
20100266376 | Tiltloader for transferring cargo - A device and method for moving tilt frame and transfer bed portions of a cargo transfer system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention may include a table and a pin secured to the transfer bed. The table may pivot on a horizontal axis allowing the transfer bed to be placed in a horizontal orientation during inclination of the tilt frame. The table may also pivot on a vertical axis so that the transfer bed may swing side-to-side, and may also pivot on a z-axis enabling the transfer bed to roll side-to-side relative to the table. An adjustable carriage with independently movable stabilizer legs may be used to level the transfer bed on uneven ground. The tilt frame may also include an extendable boom and a retractable roller system to facilitate loading and unloading of material such as flat rack platforms and pallets. | 10-21-2010 |
20110044790 | Truck bed - A truck bed is disclosed which is movably mounted on the frame of a truck so as to be selectively movable from a transport position on the truck frame to a loading/unloading position rearwardly of the truck. | 02-24-2011 |
20110286823 | Vehicle lifter - Embodiments of the present invention can have one or more of the following features for a vehicle lifter: (a) a floor, (b) a frame operably coupled to the floor, the frame having a support extending from one end of the frame to an opposite end of the frame, (c) a trolley frame located between the frame and the support, (d) a support bar capable of being coupled to a vehicle, (e) a hydraulic lifter operably coupled to the support bar and the trolley frame, (f) a wheel operably coupled to the trolley frame, (g) a winch operably coupled to the trolley frame, (h) a winch line operably coupled to the winch at one end and to the frame at another end, (i) a housing coupled to the trolley frame, (j) a hydraulic motor within the housing, and (k) a hydraulics container within the housing. | 11-24-2011 |
20120039695 | LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY CARRIER - A carrier having a platform or deck mounted on a subframe tiltable relative to the vehicle chassis. The platform is preferably slidable relative to the subframe. Using Super Single rear wheels and an airbag suspension, for example, sufficient clearance is provided such that the subframe is preferably located between the vehicle chassis frame and the rear wheels. The resulting carrier has a platform with a height lower than that of previous carriers, providing it with a lower center of gravity, enabling a reduction in load angle and an increase in payload height. | 02-16-2012 |
20120121368 | Rollback Carrier Gravity Tilt Dampening System - A rollback carrier includes a vehicle chassis, a truck bed assembly supported on the vehicle chassis and displaceable between a transport position and a loading position, and a front actuating arm acting between the truck bed assembly and the vehicle chassis. The front actuating arm dampens a tilt position of the truck bed relative to the vehicle chassis. | 05-17-2012 |
20120195722 | FLATBED TOW TRUCK PIVOTING PLATFORM ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - A flatbed vehicle carrier assembly comprising a carrier body subassembly including a carrier floor supported by a carrier body slide enabling sill frame. An intermediate subframe subassembly is capable of sliding and being pivotally integrated with a slide enabling tilt and pivotal control subassembly, which is pivotally secured therebetween to a mounting platform support assembly. A pivot control device provides a means to rotate and rearwardly transfer and posture the intermediate subframe. The carrier body sill frame is slideably assembled to the intermediate subframe, being driven by a longitudinal control actuator. A ramp can be pivotally integrated into a loading end of the carrier body subassembly. The carrier and ramp floors are fabricated of a series of interlocking extrusion members. | 08-02-2012 |
20120321421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING BULK MATERIALS - An apparatus and method for conveying granular and powered bulk materials is provided. The apparatus can include a trailer having a trailer bed that can tilt or rotate from a substantially horizontal position to an inclined position. The apparatus can further include a container that can be placed on the trailer bed for transport. The container can include a gate at one end to allow bulk material contained therein to exit the container when the gate is opened and the trailer bed is tilted or rotated to the inclined position. The apparatus can further include a pneumatic conveyor having a feed hopper to receive bulk material and to move the bulk material into a fluidizing chamber wherein pressurized air or gas flowing through the chamber conveys the bulk material. | 12-20-2012 |
20130149084 | LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY CARRIER - A carrier having a platform or deck mounted on a subframe tiltable relative to the vehicle chassis. The platform is preferably slidable relative to the subframe. Sufficient clearance is provided such that the subframe is preferably located between the vehicle chassis frame and the rear wheels, and below the top of the chassis frame. The resulting carrier has a platform with a height substantially lower than that of previous carriers, providing it with a lower center of gravity, enabling a reduction in load angle, an increase in payload height, and enhanced dynamic road stability. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149085 | COMBINATION COT LOADING AND FASTENING SYSTEM - A combination cot loading and fastening system for loading and unloading an ambulance cot having a normal loading height of about 76 centimeters (about 30 inches) into an emergency rescue vehicle having a transport deck in excess of 78 centimeters (about 31 inches), the vehicle having an opening providing access to the transport deck, is disclosed. The system comprises a pair of tracks, a shuttle assembly to securely pull the ambulance cot along the pair of tracks, and a locking mechanism mounted on the shuttle assembly. The shuttle assembly is configured to position the locking mechanism a distance away from a second end of the pair of tracks and at angle below the transport deck of the emergency rescue vehicle, the angle ranging from about 10° to 25°, and the distance ranging about 22.8 centimeters (about 9 inches) to about 50 centimeters (about 20 inches). | 06-13-2013 |
20130230374 | Truck bed lift - A truck bed lift is disclosed which may be used to lift loads either into or out of the bed of a truck. | 09-05-2013 |
20130343846 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE LOADING PANEL IN A CARGO SPACE - A motor vehicle includes a seat arrangement, a cargo space situated behind the seat arrangement, an adjustable loading panel arranged inside the cargo space, guide rails located in the cargo space for the adjustable, laterally guided accommodation of the adjustable loading panel, and slide or roller bearings for mounting the adjustable loading panel in the guide rails. An actuating handle is mounted in the adjustable loading panel and movable through exposure to a spring action for swiveling an eccentric mounted in the adjustable loading panel out of a position that fixes the adjustable loading panel in place and into a position that releases the adjustable loading panel for adjustment purposes, and for adjusting the adjustable loading panel. | 12-26-2013 |
20140205405 | REMOVABLE PLATFORM AND LOAD BED FOR VEHICLES - A movable frame is adapted to be loaded onto and unloaded from a stationary frame mounted on a vehicle. A platform is releasably mountable onto said movable frame. The platform and movable frame may be hoisted simultaneously when being loaded and unloaded from the stationary frame. The platform includes a downwardly depending support legs which are of sufficient length to maintain the platform elevated above a first portion of the movable frame which is inserted under said platform when said movable frame is resting in a lowered position when unloaded from the stationary frame. The movable frame may be raised to engage with the underside of said platform. Interlocks cooperate between said platform and said movable frame so that the movable frame centres onto and mates with said underside of said platform. | 07-24-2014 |
20140234060 | Transport Deck Frame with Separate Tilt and Dump Pivot Connections - A deck for a truck or trailer has a base frame and a deck frame movable relative to the base frame to either one of a tilt position or a dump position. A first pivot connection between the frames defines the pivot axis of the tilt position while a second pivot connection separate and spaced from the first pivot connection defines the pivot axis of the dump position. A common lift mechanism between the frames lifts the deck frame to either one of the tilt or dump positions depending upon the operative condition of the first and second pivot connections. | 08-21-2014 |
20140255136 | CARRIER ADJUSTABLE HEADBOARD - An adjustable headboard for a carrier vehicle includes a hoop with a first frame member having a proximal end and a distal end, a second frame member having a proximal end and a distal end, and a connecting member extending between the distal end of the first frame member and the distal end of the second frame member. The hoop is moveable between a first position and a second position. The adjustable headboard further includes a stationary base with a first receiving channel and a second receiving channel and a retainer coupled to the hoop to secure the hoop in the first position and the second position. | 09-11-2014 |
20140334904 | DUMP CART - A dumping cart has a chassis, a first pair of supporting wheels located at a first end of the chassis and a second pair of supporting wheels located at a second end of the chassis. The second pair of wheels is rotational about a wheel axis. A load carrying bed is supported on the chassis and is pivotable about a dumping axis, between an intermediate dumping position and a load dumping position. A tipping member is pivotally connected with the chassis along the wheel axis and is pivotally connected with the bed along the dumping axis. The tipping member pivots about the wheel axis to move the bed between a load carrying position and the intermediate dumping position. | 11-13-2014 |
20160185272 | Lift Deck Assembly for a Truck - A lift deck assembly has a base frame mounted in the cargo box of a truck and a load supporting platform movable relative to the base frame by a linkage between a loading position substantially at ground level and a transport position above the cargo box in which the side edges of the platform are aligned with the sidewalls of the cargo box and the rear edge of the platform is aligned with the tailgate to provide the general appearance of a tonneau cover. The platform includes a main defining the side edges and an extendable portion that can be extended rearward from the main portion to assist in supporting a load thereon. The extendible portion can be retracted so that the rear edge thereof aligns with the rear edge of the main portion and the tailgate. | 06-30-2016 |
414478000 | With driven means to move load relative to portion | 13 |
20080206032 | Load Carrying Vehicles - A load carrying vehicle ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080219821 | Cable hoisting apparatus - A cable hoisting apparatus for loading and unloading of containers with respect to vehicles including a modular assembly allowing the apparatus to be easily attached or detached with respect to the vehicle. This modular assembly includes a subframe directly attachable detachably to the vehicle which includes a reeve cylinder and a lifting cylinder mounted therewithin. A top frame is included which is pivotally movably mounted to the subframe. The lifting cylinder powers pivotal movement of the top frame. Loading and unloading of the container is powered by the reeve cylinder. The reeve cylinder moves a shoe within a shoe track which extends or contracts a cable attached to a container which is positioned about a plurality of sheaves one of which is attached to the slideable shoe. A positively engaging locking construction is included defined between the subframe and the top frame for positively retaining the container. | 09-11-2008 |
20090202328 | LOW PROFILE HOOK HOIST - A vehicle-mounted hook hoist for loading, transporting, dumping and unloading material handling containers, includes a vehicle having a main frame; and, a hook hoist assembly including a hoist frame, a tilt frame, an extension tube assembly, an articulating arm and motive means for moving said tilt frame, extension tube assembly and articulating arm; wherein the hoist frame has a rear hinge mount and is mounted to the main frame, the tilt frame has a rear and a pivot mount and is pivotally mounted at its pivot mount to the rear hinge mount of the hoist frame, and the extension tube is telescopically connected with the tilt frame to extend between a retracted position and an extended position; and, wherein the articulating arm is pivotally connected to the extension tube assembly to pivot between a retracted rest position and a rotatably extended position, and wherein the articulating arm includes a hook configured to engage with and move a container onto and off of the vehicle. | 08-13-2009 |
20090232629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOADING/UNLOADING CONTAINERS - A container handling system and method for a wheeled transport vehicle is disclosed that is capable of loading and unloading large containers using both a hook lift and cable winch mechanisms. | 09-17-2009 |
20090263220 | Motorcycle carriers - A deployable set of nested ramp segments supporting a motorcycle thereon are sequentially extended or pulled in across the door edge in a carrier vehicle by sets of springs that oppose the spooling collection of a belt wound on a powered spool. Once partly extended by the springs to bring the main portion of the motorcycle to the exterior of the vehicle doorway the weight bias of the motorcycle then provides the necessary outward bias to bring it to the ground where it is released from the supporting ramp segment. On return the spooling contraction of the belt brings the motorcycle back into the vehicle. | 10-22-2009 |
20090324374 | LOADING AND UNLOADING DEVICE - A loading and unloading device for carrier vehicle includes: a container provided with a gripping element in its lower part; a dummy underframe mounted on the carrier vehicle; a pivoting chassis pivotably mounted on the dummy underframe, a trolley sliding on the pivoting chassis, suitable for driving the container on the pivoting chassis by a drive element for cooperating with the gripping element of the container. The device includes an arm mounted rotatably at the end of the dummy underframe, the arm provided with a hooking element suitable for cooperating with the gripping element located at the lower part of the container, the arm is suitable for conveying the container from a position appreciably on the ground to a position appreciably at the level of the pivoting chassis or vice versa. The device applies in particular to the loading and unloading of dumpsters, box beams or any materials on cradles. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003116 | Transport vehicle for raising and transporting ULDs and cargo pallets - A transport vehicle is provided for raising and transporting ULDs and cargo pallets used in the air freight sphere, with a supporting frame which fits over the ULD or the cargo pallet and with driven and steerable wheels for the free movement of the transport vehicle on the ground. In order to simplify the complicated reloading of transport units onto auxiliary pallets, it is proposed according to the invention that the transport vehicle is movable over the ULD or the cargo pallet at least in one direction, that supporting devices arranged on both sides of the frame of the transport vehicle are movable at the same time in the opposite direction under the ULD or the cargo pallet, and that, in the process, the ULD or the cargo pallet is raisable with the aid of the supporting devices. | 01-07-2010 |
20100047046 | LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY CARRIER - A carrier having a platform or deck mounted on a subframe tiltable relative to the vehicle chassis. The platform is preferably slidable relative to the subframe. Sufficient clearance is provided such that the subframe is preferably located between the vehicle chassis frame and the rear wheels, and below the top of the chassis frame. The resulting carrier has a platform with a height substantially lower than that of previous carriers, providing it with a lower center of gravity, enabling a reduction in load angle, an increase in payload height, and enhanced dynamic road stability. | 02-25-2010 |
20130149086 | TRANSPORT DECK FOR A PICKUP TRUCK - A transport deck is disclosed which is movably mounted in the box of a pickup truck so as to be selectively movable from a transport position within the box of the pickup truck to a loading/unloading rearwardly of the pickup truck. The transport deck includes a support deck which is in a horizontally disposed position when the transport deck is in its transport position and when the transport deck in its loading/unloading position. | 06-13-2013 |
20140205406 | TILTLOADER FOR TRANSFERRING CARGO - A device and method for moving tilt frame and transfer bed portions of a cargo transfer system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention may include a table and a pin secured to the transfer bed. The table may pivot on a horizontal axis allowing the transfer bed to be placed in a horizontal orientation during inclination of the tilt frame. The table may also pivot on a vertical axis so that the transfer bed may swing side-to-side, and may also pivot on a z-axis enabling the transfer bed to roll side-to-side relative to the table. An adjustable carriage with independently movable stabilizer legs may be used to level the transfer bed on uneven ground. The tilt frame may also include an extendable boom and a retractable roller system to facilitate loading and unloading of material such as flat rack platforms and pallets. | 07-24-2014 |
414479000 | Means serves also to shift portion in at least one direction | 3 |
20100303594 | ROLL OFF HOIST WITH HINGED END PORTION - A container handling system and method for a wheeled transport vehicle is disclosed that is capable of loading and unloading containers, particularly in locations where the overhead height is limited. A hinged tail member at the rear end of the elongated body (a/k/a tilt frame member) is rotated to the ground allowing the containers to be loaded and unloaded without rotating the tilt frame to its maximum height. A cable reeving arrangement, such as a dual reeving arrangement, can be utilized to load and unload the container. | 12-02-2010 |
20110038698 | Motor driven ladder rack system - In order to save physical power and avoid using manual operative mechanism for unload/reload ladders from/onto a vehicle roof, a electric motor driven ladder rack system has been designed which includes: a fixed guide which is mounted on a vehicle roof; a pivotal guide that is pivotally coupled to the fixed guide; a driving box and a sliding ladder rack which is linked to the driving box by chain and engaged with the pivotal guide. Under acting force of motor and gravity the ladder rack moves sliding backward and pivoting downward from the horizontal position on the vehicle roof to a generally vertical position behind the vehicle at which the ladders can be unloaded/loaded. In an opposite process the ladder rack is pulled back on the vehicle roof. In these processes there is no physical power needed at all. | 02-17-2011 |
20120045305 | Loading Device - A loading device for incorporation into a vehicle, such as an ambulance, for loading and unloading a stretcher. The loading device has a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. The loading device being predisposed to the extended configuration. The loading device may include a hoist assembly to counteract the predisposition to the extended position and move the loading device to the retracted configuration. | 02-23-2012 |