Patent ID: 11919729
Assignee: SANDBOX ENTERPRISES, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An unloader for a shipping container having a pallet, a storage volume for a bulk material and a movable gate assembly having a downwardly extending handle, the unloader comprising:
a supporter having a frame structure;
a pallet base supported by the frame structure and configured to receive the pallet and support the shipping container in an elevated position, wherein a full shipping container is positionable onto the pallet base and an empty shipping container is removable from the pallet base without disassembly of the unloader;
a gate moving mechanism comprising:
a track assembly connected to and supported by the pallet base; and
a gate mover assembly movably supported by the track assembly and having a gate receiver and engager, wherein the gate receiver and engager receives the downwardly extending handle of the shipping container via one or more upwardly extending hands and the gate receiver and engager moves the movable gate assembly to a partially or fully opened position due to movement of the gate mover assembly; and

a material director having a first end located beneath the pallet base subjacent of the gate moving mechanism, the material director extending downwardly therefrom and terminating at a second end opposite the first end, wherein bulk material from the shipping container is dispensed into the first end and discharged from the second end of the material director.