With Means To Operate Vehicle-mounted Closure Member Patents (Class 414/369)
  • Vehicle loading and unloading method
    Patent number: 7309205
    Abstract: A trailer unloading system anchors one or more trailers to a deck, with, or without tractor attached. The sides of the trailers are free to pivot from a top, longitudinal, pivot axis once unlatched from the edge of the trailer floor. The deck tilts the trailers sideways, the doors swing free, and the load discharges. The deck returns to level, the sides latch to support the floor and the trailers are ready to be reloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: TY-Crop Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin Richard McCrory, Gary Wayne Teichrob, Todd Mendenhall, Fred P. Smith