Patent ID: 8251634

Claim:
A moveable transfer plate for loading a cargo space having a delimiting bottom structure, said transfer plate being moveable together with a load of cargo units into the cargo space and back again, the cargo units remaining in the cargo space, said moveable transfer plate comprising: a frameless longitudinally extending flexible plastic sheet without any rigid continuous frame, said flexible plastic sheet being arranged to withstand pushing and pulling with cargo loaded thereon; said flexible plastic sheet having an upper cargo facing surface and an opposite lower surface; said flexible plastic sheet upper cargo facing surface including a track roller portion including a plurality of longitudinally extending track rollers, each track roller including rolling elements permitting movement between the transfer plate and the cargo units, and said flexible plastic sheet upper cargo facing surface also including a ramp portion adjacent said track roller portion; a combined thickness of the flexible plastic sheet and the rolling elements is 70 mm or less; said ramp being at the same elevation of the rolling elements adjacent said track roller portion and longitudinally tapering toward an end of the transfer plate and having a thickness of 5-20 mm at said end thereof; and said opposite lower surface of said flexible plastic sheet is smooth and continuous at least in the length of said track rollers and arranged to slide over the delimiting bottom structure of the cargo space.