Patent ID: 9056577
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. In a vehicle for shipping multiple cargo containers having various goods stored therein for dropping off at multiple locations, an enclosed cargo space carried by said vehicle, said cargo space having a front side, a pair of laterally spaced sides, and rear side movable between open and closed positions for movement of said cargo containers in and out of said open position of said cargo space, said cargo space further having a substantially horizontal floor enclosed between said front side, said laterally spaced sides, and said rear side, an improvement for said shipping vehicle, said improvement comprising, in combination, first and second elongated laterally spaced sets of tracks securely mounted along said floor, said elongated spaced sets of tracks being positioned along each of said side walls and extending from said front side to said rear side of said cargo space, transverse tracks spaced along said front side of said cargo space, said transverse tracks operatively interconnecting said first and second sets of laterally spaced tracks, multiple support carriages having upper and lower sides for supporting each of said cargo containers, each of said support carriages having multiple wheel assemblies secure to the lower sides of said carriages for supporting said cargo containers in a substantially upright position, said wheels being sized and shaped for a moveable position within said tracks, said carriages being movable within said tracks by engagement of said wheels within said laterally spaced tracks and within said transverse tracks, first and second drive mechanism operably positioned along said laterally spaced tracks, a third drive mechanism operatively positioned along said transverse tracks, a connection mechanism for operably interconnecting said support carriages to said first, second and third drive mechanisms, and a lifting mechanism for moving said carriages between a raised mobile position and a lowered immobile position whereby said carriages with said cargo containers and carriages, when in the raised mobile position, are moveable from one position to another position along said sets of laterally spaced tracks or said transverse tracks.