Patent ID: 7568877
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A goods handling device for a cargo storage and transport vehicle, said goods handling device comprising: a trailer assembly comprising an enclosure including a trailer floor defined by a trailer floor perimeter, a vertical wall extending upwards from said trailer floor perimeter, a roof assembled to an upper portion of said vertical wall, and a door; said trailer floor comprising a fixed floor portion having a fixed floor upper surface and a moveable cargo platform having a cargo platform upper surface forming one substantially continuous and uninterrupting trailer floor surface when placed in an upper position; said moveable cargo platform comprising a platform periphery, said platform periphery having a perimeter edge portion that defines a portion of said trailer floor perimeter; at least two vertical actuators located on opposing sides of said moveable cargo platform, providing vertical motion of said moveable cargo platform between said upper position and a lower position, said lower position being at least one of a ground and a vehicle support surface; wherein said door is located proximate said floor perimeter edge portion of said platform periphery allowing for transfer of cargo between said moveable cargo platform and said at least one of a ground and a vehicle support surface; a cargo module comprising a module floor; a second moveable cargo handling platform being a subcomponent of said module floor, wherein a top surface of said second moveable cargo handling platform is substantially continuous with and uninterrupting of said module floor when placed in an upper position, and a top surface of said module floor is substantially continuous with and uninterrupting of said trailer floor when placed in an stored position; a horizontally sliding track, providing a horizontal motion to said cargo module; a second pair of vertical actuators located on opposing sides of said second moveable cargo platform, providing vertical motion of said second moveable cargo platform between said upper position and a lower position, said lower position being at least one of a ground and a vehicle support surface; and wherein a second door is located proximate a floor perimeter edge portion of said second moveable cargo platform allowing for transfer of cargo between said second moveable cargo platform and said at least one of a ground and a vehicle support surface.