Patent · US Expired

Loading and unloading apparatus for vehicles

US4355942A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 1980
Grant dateOct 26, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/13
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Loading and unloading apparatus for a vehicle including a lifting frame having latches or hooks for attachment to a cargo body or platform, parallel motion links connecting the lifting frame to the vehicle, and hydraulic rams operable to move the links to move the load between a carrying position on the vehicle and a loading or unloading position at ground level behind the vehicle.

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