Portable transition dock for palletized product

US10391917B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Azzopardi Technology Group, LLC · US

Inventors

• Frederic R. Weeth · Pacific Grove, US
• Michael J. Azzopardi · Salinas, US
• David Offerdahl · Salinas, US
• John S. Harlan · Johnson Village, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60P3/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transition dock is disclosed allowing palletized product to be loaded into transport conveyors at a worksite. The product may be produce and the worksite may be a field where the produce is harvested. Where operating at a field where produce is harvested, the loading dock facilitates loading of the produce into a reefer to begin the cold chain at the field.