Gap accessary device for elevated roller rails

US10946965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · US

Inventors

• David Hamm · Lexington Park, US
• Michele Hoefer · California, US
• Michael Jackson · Dover, US
• Bennett Myres · Lexington Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2009/006
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a gap accessary device for elevated roller rails disposed on a platform floor. The device includes a housing, fingers, tangs, roller support structures, rollers, a first curved truncated inclined plane, and a second curved truncated inclined plane. The device allows cargo to enter a platform without catching on the platform threshold and requires less effort to load cargo onto a platform with elevated roller rails.