Patent ID: 9517845
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: B64F,B65G

Claim Text:
1. Unload access system for an unit load device, comprising a framework, the framework delimiting a cargo space arranged on a ground load deck, wherein the cargo space is adapted to receive the unit load device, and the framework comprising an unload deck for unloading shipments out of the unit load device and an elevator adapted for vertically moving the unit load device between the ground load deck and the unload deck, whereby the unload deck is attached to the framework and is arranged distant above the ground load deck at a fixed height relative to the frame and extends in an offset plane adjacent to the cargo space, the unload deck comprises a movable platform, and the platform extends coplanar with the unload deck and is movable between a retracted position and a maximum extracted position, whereby in the maximum extracted position the platform overlaps at least partly the cargo space by extending into the cargo space and in the retracted position the platform does not overlap the cargo space.