Patent ID: 8066135
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. Transport device for transporting loose cargo and fluid, comprising: an elongate loading floor on which loose cargo is placeable; a fluid tank, including fixing means for fixing the tank to the loading floor, fluid being storable in the tank, wherein the tank is foldable in longitudinal direction over the loading floor between a collapsed state, to enable transport of a relatively large quantity of loose cargo, and an expanded state to enable transport of a relatively large amount of fluid; protective means for at least partly enclosing the fluid tank in the collapsed state for the protection thereof, the protective means being integrated with the fluid tank, wherein the fixing means of the fluid tank and the integrated protective means are adapted so as to arrange the tank at any random position along the loading floor and so as to mount the fluid tank releasably on the loading floor so that the tank is completely removable from the device.