Patent ID: 6161340
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B60P,B65D

Abstract:
A goods storage area which comprises:two spaced end walls, side walls joining respective edges of the end walls, a floor and roof, said roof movable between a first extended position above the tops of the spaced end walls to allow loading of said goods up to the level of the roof in the extended position, and a second, lowered position level with the tops of the spaced end walls, and the action of moving the roof from the extended position to the lowered position compresses the said goods into the storage area defined by the end walls, side walls, floor and roof in the lowered position and wherein there is provided at least one intermediate bulkhead which extends across the width of the storage area and which intermediate bulkhead is located intermediate the end walls and wherein a movement means is positioned within the intermediate bulkhead and spaced inwardly of the side walls to extend upwardly from the intermediate bulkhead to move the roof to the said first extended position and retract to the intermediate bulkhead to move said roof to the second lowered position, and said movement means acts in conjunction with movement means located at the end walls of said goods trailer.