Title: Loading-unloading capability for cargo box transport vehicle

Abstract: Containerized freight is loaded onto a vehicle by attaching an elongated pod frame to one end of the freight container, applying a lift force to the other end of the container to reposition the container above the plane of the bed on the vehicle, backing the vehicle into the space beneath the container, and lowering the container onto the vehicle bed for transport to another location.

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Inventors: Cipkowski, Jerome T. (Warren, MI, US)

Application Number: 903432
Filing Date: 1978-05-08
Publication_date: 1979-05-08
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC)
Primary Class(es): 414/434 414/498, 414/549
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US Patent Ref:

1052096	Feb, 1913	Schulze	214/77.
4019642	Apr, 1977	Hammar	214/77.

Other Refs: 2231601

Dec, 1974	FR

Primary Examiner: Husar, Francis S.
Assistant Examiner: Rishell, Jr., Edmond G.
Attorney: Taucher; Peter A., McRae; John E., Edelberg; Nathan