Patent ID: 8438980

Claim:
A loading and unloading device for an industrial truck ( 62 ), said industrial truck ( 62 ) including a loading platform ( 26 ), said loading and unloading device comprising: a removable base ( 10 ) with dimensions matching those of the loading platform ( 26 ) of the truck ( 62 ), in which said base ( 10 ) has a generally planar upper face ( 12 ) capable of receiving goods ( 32 ) and surrounded by a peripheral border ( 14 ) for holding the goods ( 32 ), a lower face ( 16 ) designed to hold said base ( 10 ) on the loading platform ( 26 ) of the truck ( 62 ); and four lateral faces ( 18 , 20 ) connecting said upper face ( 12 ) and said lower face ( 16 ); said lateral faces ( 18 , 20 ) of said base ( 10 ) include two opposite large lateral faces ( 18 ) connected to large sides of said upper face ( 12 ) and two opposite small lateral faces ( 20 ) connected to small sides of said upper face ( 12 ); wherein said base ( 10 ) is equipped with locking members ( 76 ; 86 ) arranged respectively along two adjacent lateral faces ( 18 , 20 ) in order to join said base ( 10 ) to at least one adjacent base ( 10 ) and wherein each of said locking members ( 76 ; 86 ) includes at least hooks secured to a pivot pin ( 78 ; 88 ) and capable of being moved between a retracted position in which it is retracted into said base ( 10 ) and an extended position in which it projects from said base ( 10 ) so as to be engaged in a respective recess ( 82 ) of an adjacent base ( 10 ); wherein said base ( 10 ) also includes a longitudinal passage ( 38 ) leading into said two small lateral faces ( 20 ), said longitudinal passage ( 38 ) is made in the form of a tunnel which leads over its entire length to said lower face ( 16 ), and which is delimited between two longitudinal base elements ( 40 ) of said base ( 10 ), wherein said base elements ( 40 ) are connected respectively to said two large lateral faces ( 18 ); wherein said peripheral border ( 14 ) includes an internal face ( 28 ) that is perpendicularly connected to said upper face ( 12 ) of said base ( 10 ) and an upper edge ( 30 ) that connects said internal face ( 28 ) to said lateral faces ( 18 , 20 ).