Patent ID: 6427947
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B64C,B64D

Abstract:
An interface pallet system for loading and supporting of cargo onto a cargo loading ramp of an aircraft, said system comprising:a cargo supporting platform; a first interface pallet for supporting a first longitudinal end portion of said cargo supporting platform; a second interface pallet for supporting a second longitudinal end portion of said cargo supporting platform spaced apart from said first longitudinal end portion; a flexible system coupling said pallets together, said flexible system having a length, when fully extended, which spaces apart said first and second interface pallets to cooperatively support said first and second longitudinal end portions of said cargo supporting platform; and whereby said interface pallets are capable of being slid along a plurality of rollers of said cargo ramp at a predetermined distance from one another to thereby permit said cargo supporting platform disposed thereon to be readily loaded onto and offloaded from said cargo ramp, and completely supported by said first and second interface pallets.