Abstract: A device with arms for hauling and handling containers allowing a semitrailer tractor vehicle to be converted as required. The invention also relates to a tractor vehicle equipped with this device. This device comprises a pivoting L-shaped hauling arm equipped, at its end, with a hook, with a tipper pivoting about a first horizontal axis, with actuating members for actuating the said tipper and with rollers for guiding a container. The vehicle chassis supports a second pivot axis located forward of the point at which the vehicle chassis rests on its rear axle assembly. A link rod is mounted so that it can pivot on the second axis and supports the L-shaped arm.

Abstract: A series of transport carts (21) are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van (22) to leave an aisle (58) between them. The carts have wheel supported frames (28) with bottom supports (131) for the products disposed at a level above the floor of the van and open fronts from which the carts can be unloaded. The carts have rear posts (58) which are disengageably locked in track sections (66, 67) provided in longitudinally spaced relation along the van side walls. Pallets (30) with discs (34) projecting downwardly from the floors of the pallets support the product stacks on the cart bottom supports. A hand truck with a bifurcated nose plate defining disc receiving arms engages under each pallet to enable removal of a pallet and product stack (31) from the cart.

Abstract: A portable device for transporting young fowl from a hatchery to a growout house within a climate-controlled compartment located on a delivery vehicle, wherein the portable device can be composed, in part, of a frame, at least one conveyor belt, at least one baffle coupled to each of the at least one conveyor belt, a plurality of rollers coupled to the frame to support the conveyor belts, a motor for driving the conveyor belts, and a plurality of wheels supporting the frame. In operation, young fowl are loaded onto the at least one conveyor belt at a hatchery using a loading slide. After the portable device has been loaded to a desired level, it is loaded into the climate-controlled compartment and transported to the growout house. The young fowl are unloaded by backing the delivery vehicle into the growout house and unloading the young fowl using an unloading slide.

Abstract: A truck has an extendable and retractable truck bed for receiving removable and replacing truck boxes of different lengths. The truck bed can be extended or retracted to fit the size of the truck box. The truck bed has movable supports that can be extended or retracted from inside or outside a cab to support the appropriate length of the truck box. The movable supports also act as a guide to guide the truck box onto or off of the truck bed. In a method of extending or retracting the truck bed, a single truck can be used to mount or remove truck boxes of different sizes.

Abstract: A mobile storage container (1) has a storage space (3) which is delimited by a peripheral wall (5) and by a bottom (6) and a lid (7). The storage container (1) is transportable in a horizontal position and with approximately horizontally aligned longitudinal axis (4) on roads and has in the area of the bottom (6) support legs (8) for installation at construction sites or the like with the longitudinal axis (4) vertically aligned. Each support leg (8) has a support foot (9) which is extendable radially relative to the longitudinal axis (4) past the outer contour of the peripheral wall (5).

Abstract: A loading device is disclosed for loading and unloading a load relative to a horizontally disposed bed of a truck. The device includes a gliding arrangement secured to a first end of the load, the gliding arrangement engaging a rear end of the bed of the truck when the truck is reversed towards the gliding arrangement. A leg is secured to a second end of the load such that the load is disposed substantially between the gliding arrangement and the leg. A lifting mechanism is secured to the leg for selectively lifting and lowering the leg. Additionally, a support is pivotally secured to the load between the gliding arrangement and the leg. The arrangement is such that in a first disposition of the device, the lifting mechanism is adjusted to a lifted mode so that the leg is lifted such that the second end of the load is disposed higher than the first end of the load. The truck is then reversed towards the gliding arrangement such that the gliding arrangement engages the rear end of the bed of the truck.

Abstract: Supporting members with alternating positions (5) are disclosed for raising and lowering bulky transport goods (2). The supporting members (5) are pivotally arranged on a transport structure and can be connected with auxiliary pivoting means. The structure can be lowered onto the floor (9) or into a low position and brought back into a high position by corresponding pivoting movements (6) of the supporting members (5). The supporting members (5) are preferably designed as knee links and their axes of articulation are parallel to the vehicle axles. This new solution can also be implemented by means of centering cones and centering funnels in combination with a device for alternatively moving a vehicle between a standing position and a transport position.

Abstract: Damage to a hook lift type of container handling system caused by torsional loading of a jib slidable within a tube or the like pivotably mounted on a frame carried by a vehicle is minimized by providing a secondary frame that is pivoted to the vehicle and which is made up of two spaced, parallel, tubular structures and a jib made up of two, parallel tube like structures telescopically, slidably received in the tube like structures of the second frame. The jib includes an upstanding hook and by reason of the spacing between the two tubes of both the jib and the secondary frame, a high resistance to torsional loading is provided, thereby eliminating damage as a result of torsional forces.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of adapting a vehicle for use in either of a dump truck mode or a spreader truck mode includes a dump body unit and a removable hopper. The dump body unit has a main frame pivotally interconnected with a dump body. The main frame attaches to the vehicle and supports the dump body. The dump body has a substantially flat bed with a lengthwise channel containing an embedded conveyor. In dump truck mode, the conveyor is covered and materials may be loaded into and dumped from the dump body. In spreader truck mode, the conveyor is uncovered and the hopper is attached to the dump body so that an aperture at the hopper's base is aligned over the conveyor. Gravity-fed materials may then be conveyed along the body to an attached spreader for dispersion.

Abstract: A combination roll-off bed and grapple arm for mounting to a chassis of a truck. The combination includes a bed, a roll-off bed, and a grapple arm. The bed is affixed onto the chassis of the truck and tilts relative to the chassis of the truck. The roll-off bed is longitudinally movably mounted to the bed. The grapple arm is longitudinally and rotatably movably mounted to the bed.

Abstract: A transfer system for transferring a transfer body onto a truck. The impetus to move the transfer body is provided by a driver mounted to the truck. The driver may engage a track extending along the transfer body in order to move the transfer body onto the truck. The track may be mounted to a pull bar pivotably secured near one end to the transfer body. The truck may have a dump-truck body with a continuous floor. The pull bar may be pulled underneath the floor as the transfer body is transferred onto the truck whereas the transfer body is pulled onto the floor.

Abstract: A large industrial waste tub grinder is mounted onto a lift or support frame that has a connection for a hook from a hoist on a truck so that the lift or support frame can be placed onto the truck and offloaded from the truck utilizing a conventional hook hoist. The lift or support frame supports the tub grinder on the ground surface, for in place use, the lift or support frame carries stabilizers for insuring that the lift or support frame provides a stable mounting for the tub grinder.

Abstract: A truck having either a segmented body configured to receive a plurality of form fitted containers or a substitute body that can be interchangeably mounted on the chassis of the truck. The truck is also provided with a multi-purpose crane and a plurality of hydraulic valve banks mounted to the chassis of the truck, whereby the crane and hydraulic tools can be operated simultaneously. The truck may also be configured with various other features such as a hose reel or a snow plow.

Abstract: The present invention includes automatic lift-type power generation equipment unit A which is one of the equipment within the automatic lift-type mobile facility that is adapted to be loaded onto the rear of a carrying vehicle (a), comprising a power generation section 1A which is a component of said mobile facility, supplies electric power by generating said power, and includes cubicle 3A, prime mover equipment 4A, and electric power equipment 5A, and an automatic lifting-and-lowering section 2A which includes chassis 6A, outriggers 7A, jacks 8A, universal casters, and a remote controller.

Abstract: A container loading and unloading apparatus including a container support frame at a base of a container main body and including a reception frame and a traverse frame; an inverted L-shaped container supporter in the traverse frame and including a horizontal adjustable supporter, a vertical supporter and a vertical adjustable supporter; covers formed at upper and lower ends of the vertical supporter and the vertical adjustable supporter, respectively; hanger fittings fixedly mounted in the covers for hanging a coil spring; a fixing device provided at a side surface of the traverse frame for fixing the container supporter; a reception groove formed on an outer side of the reception frame receiving the container supporter; elevation devices provided in a chassis of a freight car, each including a hydraulic cylinder operating in a vertically upward direction; and a guidance arrangement positioned corresponding to each elevation device.

Abstract: The invention comprises a wheeled vehicle having a vehicle frame with rear wheels and a detachable frame mounted to the vehicle frame. The detachable frame is adapted carry a bin, with a conveyor to convey material rearward along the bottom of the bin and spinners at the rear of the bin and at the rear of the conveyor to spin and spread material from the bin onto the conveyor from the conveyor. The wheeled vehicle has a hydraulic piston and cylinder for raising the forward portion of the detachable frame from the vehicle frame and a pair of front and rear legs detachably mounted to the front and rear of the detachable frame to support the detachable frame independently of the vehicle frame, along with the bin, conveyor, and spinners.

Abstract: A dolly for loading equipment on a dolly, transporting, and lifting or lowering equipment onto a receiving surface preferably includes a base frame and a slideable load bracket connected to the base frame. A power system may be used for extending and retracting the load bracket between an equipment-transfer mode, an equipment transport mode, and a weight-shift mode. The load bracket alone or the load bracket and the base frame are pivotable in relation to at least part of the front end of the base frame. Mobility-enabling devices and an operational member may also be connected to the base frame. The present invention also includes methods for lifting and lowering equipment using the dolly.

Abstract: A containerized refuse collection truck that generally includes a cab having a chassis extending rearwardly therefrom, a compactor unit attached to a rear end of the chassis and a refuse container removably attached to the chassis between the cab and the compactor unit. The refuse container includes a door hingedly connected to a rear end of the container for swinging downwardly into the compactor unit in an open position. The door is driven by a piston of the compactor unit from its open position for receiving refuse on said door to a closed position for compacting the refuse within the container. The removable refuse container also preferably includes a removable ejector assembly positioned within the container at a front end thereof for ejecting refuse within the container out through the rear end of the container.

Abstract: A transfer rack 15 loaded with a seriate number of component supply cassettes 14 to be handled collectively is carried and retained on a truck 61 so that it can be taken in and out of the truck 61. The transfer rack 15 is passed between the truck 61 and a component supply section 8. Thus, the withdrawal of the transfer rack 15 from the component supply section 8 to the truck 61 and the delivery of the transfer rack 15 to the component supply section 8 are executed in a timely manner so as to change the component supply cassettes 14 at the component supply section 8. The transfer rack 15 delivered to the component supply section 8 is positioned by operating an automatic positioning means at the component supply section 8 in a direction in which it is loaded and unloaded and in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which it is loaded and unloaded.

Abstract: A device for securing a refuse container to a tilt frame of a refuse hauling truck. The device comprising a latch assembly including at least two latch bars, pivotally mounted on the tilt frame for releasably engaging the container. The latch bars being pivotable between a container engaging position and a disengaged position. An actuator switch is used to activate an associated pneumatic system which pivots the latching bars to engage the container and prevent further movement of the container.

Abstract: A frame apparatus and system that provides the use of standard tractor-mounted agricultural and industrial work implements with a pickup truck or comparable flat-bed vehicle. Disclosed embodiments provide for the use of commercially available short-line front-end loaders and various effectors suitably adapted for use therewith. The system can be mounted and dismounted with implements attached, and connects to the host vehicle via a bed-mounted gooseneck hitch and frame- or bumper-mounted square hitch receiver.

Abstract: The present invention is a cart that facilitates the unloading and loading of a toolbox from a vehicle used to transport the toolbox from one jobsite to another. Fundamentally, the cart comprises a support frame, with u-shaped wheel channels atop the frame, and wheel channel ramps pivotally connected to the frame such that the ramps can bridge the cart to a vehicle for loading or unloading a toolbox. The preferred embodiment of the invention has a frame that is rectangular in shape, and comprises vertical support legs connected by a plurality of lengthwise lower and top rails, and a plurality of transverse cross members. The top rails are u-shaped wheel channels that receive the wheels of the toolbox being loaded or unloaded from a vehicle. A pair of wheel channel ramps is pivotally connected to one end of the top rails, and when extended, the ramps can serve to connect the cart to the vehicle. The cart itself is fastened to and sits atop wheels such that the cart easily can be moved.

Abstract: A convertible cargo body for a vehicle for allowing the user to convert cargo boxes to trailers depending upon the type of cargo being carried. The convertible cargo body for a vehicle includes a cargo body support assembly being adapted to be mounted upon a chassis of a vehicle; and also includes a cargo body assembly including a first box member being securely supported upon the cargo body support assembly and also including a second box member being hingedly attached to and removably disposed upon the first box member; and further includes a wheeled trailer assembly for supporting the second box member.

Abstract: Loadhandling equipment enables a vehicle to put down on the ground or pick up a load such as a dumpster and to tip the load, which is provided on a front face with a lifting bar. The equipment includes a deformable and tilting handling arm which can assume, in addition to a transport position and a putting down on the ground or picking up position, a tipping position in which a hook interengages with the lifting bar on the load on being pivoted by a tilting actuator about a transverse pivot axis at the rear of the equipment and spaced downwardly from the longitudinal section of the handling arm. The transverse rear pivot axis is behind and under the side members of the chassis frame of the vehicle and the frame of the equipment has an L-shaped profile with a first branch on top of the side members of the chassis frame. An upper portion of the second branch is against the rear of the side members.

Abstract: Loadhandling equipment enables a vehicle to put down on the ground or pick up a load such as a dumpster and to tip the load, which has a lifting bar on a front face. The equipment includes a deformable and tilting handling arm which can assume, in addition to a transport position and a putting down on the ground or picking up position, a tipping position to which a hook adapted to interengage with the lifting bar is pivoted by a tilting actuator it about a transverse pivot axis at the rear end of the equipment. The articulation about the transverse pivot axis is releasable and an actuator is provided to raise a link which is part of the handling arm by pivoting it upward and forward. The equipment can stand on its end a load which is at a greater height when standing on end than when it is positioned on the equipment.

Abstract: A frame apparatus and system that provides the use of standard tractor-mounted agricultural and industrial work implements with a pickup truck or comparable flat-bed vehicle. Disclosed embodiments provide for the use of commercially available short-line front-end loaders and various effectors suitably adapted for use therewith. The system can be mounted and dismounted with implements attached, and connects to the host vehicle via a bed-mounted gooseneck hitch and frame- or bumper-mounted square hitch receiver.

Abstract: A height-adjustable cart is provided and includes an undercarriage having a wheeled frame, a double scissor-type lift mechanism and a support frame which is height-adjustable relative to the wheeled frame by the lift mechanism. The wheeled frame includes a pair of extendable rear wheel supports which are each pivotable between a retracted position and an extended position. While in the retracted position, the wheels are in close proximity to the frame, thereby defining a small cart “footprint” for compact storage. While in the extended position, the wheels extend transversely away from the frame, thereby widening the cart “footprint” for stability and for ease of transportation. The height-adjustable cart further includes a detachable table onto which heavy equipment may be loaded. The detachable table includes wheels suitable for carrying the weight of the equipment and for transporting the heavy equipment thereon separate from the undercarriage.

Abstract: An apparatus for loading and unloading a container on to and off of a vehicle, wherein the container has two symmetrically arranged rollers and a centrally arranged hook. The apparatus includes an angular arm at an end of which is arranged a coupling device which is provided with a pair of hooks for engaging behind the rollers and which can be engaged into the hook.

Abstract: The invention relates to method and to a combination of a lorry (1) and a transport unit (6) for transporting and distributing goods by means of a lorry comprising a load compartment (2). A transport unit (6) comprising ground wheels is used, which transport unit (6) is hitched to the lorry on the rear side of the load compartment during road travel of the lorry, whereby a lifting device is used. A transport unit (6) comprising an auxiliary load compartment (7) bounded by a floor and by upright walls is used, which auxiliary load compartment (7) has cross-sectional dimensions which at least substantially correspond with the cross-sectional dimensions of the load compartment (2) of the lorry (1). The goods are transferred from the load compartment (2) of the lorry (1) to the auxiliary load compartment (7) of the transport unit (6) when they are to be distributed, and the goods thus transferred are transported further by means of said transport unit (6).

Abstract: Apparatus for transporting, loading and unloading a watercraft, such as a jet ski, or wheeled vehicle from the bed of a pick up truck, where the apparatus is convertible to a mobile dolly for storage of the jet ski or other object. The apparatus comprises a tiltable mechanism formed of a pair of spaced apart rails mounting a pair of pivotal and retractable legs at a first end, a winch mechanism at the opposite end, and a longitudinally movable and pivotal leg support mechanism, movable from the first end to near the opposite end.

Abstract: The device of manual transporting large objects or loads, which includes a wheeled, load supporting frame vertically adjustable, facilitates the manual load, unload, and transport of large objects or loads, such as pickup truck toppers or shells, sheet material, pipes, other building supplies, appliances, etc. Frame height adjustment to the level of on or off load is by means of telescoping legs, supported on lockable wheels or castors, or in combination with hand winches mounted on the legs. Rollers may be attached to the top of the frame for ease in sliding objects or loads on or off. In an alternate embodiment for elongated objects or loads, such as pipes, beams, rails, etc., a beam and additional supports are added to the frame. The device is positioned over the load. The load, such as a pipe, is attached to each end of the beam by chains and transported to an interim workstation or its final disposition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a container loading and unloading apparatus, which overcomes a problem of a conventional container in that a special equipment such as a forklift truck, a crane or the like is necessarily mobilized whenever the loading or unloading work is performed because the container is simply a cuboidal rigid body. The present invention makes it possible to perform the loading and unloading works of the container main body at the time of its storage and transportation without a separate loading and unloading equipment by providing a container supporter to secure a space for loading the container main body on a chassis of a freight car, thereby reducing equipments and labor as well as facilitating the loading and unloading works.

Abstract: A lift dolly is provided for lifting and transporting stand-mounted power tools and the like, with little effort. The dolly includes a pair of platforms and a wheel system having at least three castors extending downwardly from the platforms. The dolly is designed such that one step onto a latching or locking mechanism by the operator causes the wheel system to be forced downward relative to the stand thereby slightly lifting the power tool and stand off of the ground and enabling transport of same via the castors. Another step on the locking or latching mechanism disengages the wheel system and permits gravity to return the stand and tool firmly to the ground for use.

Abstract: A pump deployment system having a frame adapted to be loaded on a trailer, a pump/engine unit mounted on the frame, and jacks secured to the frame. The jacks are adapted such that, when the frame is loaded on a trailer, the jacks can be engaged with a ground surface supporting the trailer, the jacks being operable to selectively raise the frame to allow the trailer to be removed from underneath the frame, the jacks being further operable to lower the frame toward the ground surface so that the pump/engine can be placed in a semi-permanent configuration.

Abstract: Provided herein is a toolbox system especially well suited for use on pickup trucks. The system provides quick and easy access to a wide variety of tools which may be contained in the toolboxes. The assemblies may be modular and are readily loaded and unloaded from the bed portion of a pickup truck. An increased degree of safety and convenience is realized from use of the devices herein set forth.

Abstract: A cargo transporting vehicle of the present invention can be changed in form by itself to the plain body type, the flap type, the container type or a compound of flap type and container type, depending upon the type of cargoes to be loaded thereon. With such a cargo transporting vehicle, the cargo storage unit can be moved and freely loaded and unloaded. The cargo storage unit includes a top unit, intermediate units, and an end unit, and the storage unit is loaded on the cargo loading platform of the vehicle, such as the rear deck of a truck. By loading a flap unit inside of the cargo storage unit, the cargo storage chamber can be double-structured. With this cargo transporting vehicle, the cargo storage chamber can be easily assembled and folded. The cargo transporting vehicle minimized the need for idle running or wasted return trips resulting in an improvement in operation efficiency and transportation efficiency as well as an improvement in workability in loading and unloading of cargoes.

Abstract: A lift truck for use with containers of the type used as a shipping bin and display bin, the lift truck having a lower frame mounted on wheels, an upper frame, a plurality of linking arms extending between the lower frame and upper frame with each of the linking arms being pivotably connected to both the upper and lower frames, each of the upper and lower frames having first and second longitudinally extending frame members, a handle pivotably connected to the lower frame member, the arrangement being such that in a first lower position the linking arms permit the upper frame to be adjacent the lower frame to move into position to receive the container or bin, while a movement of the handle causes the upper frame to move upwardly and be spaced from the lower frame by the linking arms such that the container is lifted upwardly.

Abstract: The invention is a drive-in pallet racking system for a large transportation vehicle like a railcar or truck trailer. The racking system includes a plurality of center posts which define two drive-through passageways along the length of the vehicle. Pallet-supporting rails are mounted on each side of the posts. One rail is mounted to the posts and the other is mounted on the sidewall opposite the posts. The rails are spaced apart so that a forklift can drive in between them. However, the spacing is sufficiently narrow so that the rails can support the edges of the pallet without any intermediate support.

Abstract: A device includes a handling structure which has an end portion and a remaining part. The device also includes a driving arrangement which drives the handling structure between (i) a position of transportation in which the remaining part is disposed along a chassis of the vehicle and in which the end portion is at the front, and (ii) a position of picking up a load or placing it on the ground where the end portion is at the rear of the remaining part and behind the vehicle with its free end at a certain height with respect to the ground, in order to cooperate with a load whose gripping means is lower. In addition, the device includes a connecting arrangement which connects the free end of the end portion to the gripping arrangement and a controlling arrangement which controls the distance between the gripping arrangement and the end of the end portion using which the later is attached to the remainder of the handling structure.

Abstract: A transportation system for liquid-carrying tanks. Each tank is mounted on a carrier unit and plural carrier units are transported by a single trailer or other vehicle. The trailer has an adjustable height, while each of the tank carrier units has adjustable height legs on its opposite sides. The units are loaded by backing the trailer under the carrier unit with the carrier unit legs extended and the trailer lowered. The trailer is then raised to lift the carrier unit to a transport position and the legs are in turn lifted to the transport position. For unloading, the reverse procedure is adopted, with the carrier unit legs being lowered to the ground and then the trailer being lowered and the trailer being pulled out from under the carrier unit. The carrier units are arranged with an angled base so that when the carrier is pulled out, the carrier unit will tilt forwardly to provide maximum drainage of the tank.

Abstract: A hydraulically actuated mobile carrier frame wraps around a storage container of standard size and lifts the container from the ground onto a transport vehicle. The carrier frame subsequently returns the container to the ground. The carrier frame stays with the vehicle or remains in a storage facility for handling containers within the facility. The carrier frame can be expanded transversely to clear the vehicle for loading and unloading.

Abstract: A truck deck mounted cargo handling apparatus has a cargo carrier movable from a transport position resting upon a support frame to a loading and unloading position resting at ground level. In operation secondary lifting arms are moved to a lifting position by secondary actuators to move a first end of the cargo carrier toward a second end of the support frame. Primary lifting arms are then moved by primary actuators through a range of motion of at least 110 degrees to push the first end of the cargo carrier past the second end of the support frame and lower the cargo carrier to ground level.

Abstract: An automated latching and release system is adapted for use with carts of the type configured for materials handling and a vehicle such as a semi-truck trailer used to transport such carts. A latching mechanism includes a latch member which physically engages with a cart so as to retain the cart in a transport position, and one or more switches physically remote from the latching mechanism, enabling an operator to release a cart without having to manipulate the latch member directly. The latching mechanism is preferably located within the forward section of the transport vehicle to make a coupling engagement with the forwardmost cart of a joined train of carts. With at least one of the switches positioned proximate to the rearward section of the transport vehicle, a user may disengage the set of carts from the latching mechanism and remove the set of carts through the rearward section of the vehicle without having to visit the forward section of the transport vehicle.

Abstract: The transport includes a U-shaped chassis frame supported on wheels and a lift frame vertically movable within the chassis such that the lift frame can rest on the ground and move above the chassis frame. A plurality of winches are located on the lift frame and are driven in common through a step-down gear mechanism powered by a hand crank. Each winch includes a strap having a free end and a fixed end attached to the winch. The free end includes a fastener for temporarily attaching the strap to the chassis frame. Near each winch is a riser attached to the chassis frame and the strap from the winch passes over the riser to enable the lift frame to be raised slightly higher than the chassis frame.

Abstract: An assembly which automatically opens the tailgate of a container when the container is tilted from a transport position to a dump position for rear dumping by a container transport vehicle is provided. The tailgate having a pair of side arms each of which is pivotally connected to a respective one of the side walls of the container such that the tailgate can rotate relative to the container between open and closed positions. The assembly of the present invention includes a counterbalance assembly which is pivotally connected to the frame of a container transport vehicle. The assembly also includes a hook member which is pivotally connected at one end thereof to the side arm of the tailgate and which has a free end. The counterbalance assembly including a hook pin and the free end of hook member being configured to engage the hook pin.

Abstract: A storage unit has a base structure and a detachable dolly for transporting the storage unit. The detachable dolly includes a lifting member engageable with the base structure, the arrangement being such that the lifting member may be brought into engagement with the base structure, e.g. by insertion through a forwardly facing opening in the base structure. The detachable dolly may include castors to enable movement of the dolly.

Abstract: A modular cargo system for a truck-style vehicle includes a cargo box having demountable pivot points on opposite sides near the front and bottom. Translating drives move along opposite sides of the truck bed and carry translating pivot blocks. Each translating pivot block has a pivotally-connected dual-link mechanism also pivotally connectable at the opposite ends to the demountable pivot points on the cargo box. The dual link mechanisms are of a length to allow the cargo box to sit on the ground behind the truck bed with the translating blocks moved near the tail end of the truck bed. By moving the translating blocks toward the cab end of the truck bed, the dual-link mechanisms articulate at an approximate end point, and the lower links are adapted to guide over the tail end of the truck bed while raising the front end of the cargo box in a manner that the front end of the cargo box clears the tail end of the truck bed. Further movement toward the cab end pulls the cargo box up into the truck bed.

Abstract: A hydraulically actuated mobile carrier frame wraps around a storage container of standard size and lifts the container from the ground onto a transport vehicle. The carrier frame subsequently returns the container to the ground. The carrier frame stays with the vehicle. The carrier frame can be expanded transversely to clear the vehicle for loading and unloading, then contracted into notches in the vehicle platform to be releasably locked to the vehicle for over the road transport.

Abstract: A skid for use in unloading palletized cargo from a vehicle having a bed comprises a rail for placement under the cargo and a stop projecting upwardly from the rail. The stop is placed adjacent a side of the cargo when the rail is positioned under the cargo. Movement of the bed with the skid in place causes the cargo and skid to slide from the bed to a surface onto which the cargo is to be deposited with the cargo riding on the skid.

Abstract: A device is provided for use on a vehicle chassis for securing a removable container during its transport. The chassis is the type having a tilting frame enabling a loaded container to be slidably cable-drawn from ground level onto the vehicle. The securing device includes a first sub-section mounted to the tilting frame side with a pivotal hook-like latching bar for securing the container to the tilting frame. The securing device further includes a second sub-section mounted in vertical alignment with the first sub-section, which acts to pivot the latching bar between its non-engaged position and its engaged position as a function of the movement of the tilting frame relative to the chassis.