Patent ID: 9120632
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B65F,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for loading a shipping container comprising: a metal trough having a bottom, a front end, a back end and two sidewalls; a push plate disposed at the back end of the metal trough; a force mechanism coupled to the push plate and configured to move the push plate from the back end of the metal trough to the front end of the metal trough; and a support mechanism disposed underneath the metal trough and configured to support the metal trough at a single end when the metal trough is fully loaded and having a first vertical assembly fixed to an end of the metal trough and to at least one horizontal loader support that extends along the ground under the metal trough, without additional supports at any point along a length of the metal trough, to allow a shipping container to be moved into a position to encompass the metal trough through a door of the shipping container without the shipping container providing support to the metal trough.