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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Samuel Macalus, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dan Hawkins, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew Arcaro, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jamison Harrell-Latham, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michiel van de Ven, West Olive, MI (US);
L. Klaus Preidt, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Karl Chapel, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Bob Chapel, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Jason Sanders, Cumming, GA (US);
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A cart transport vessel includes a fixed platform configured to hold at least one cart, a fixed ramp located adjacent to the fixed platform and a foldable ramp extension that is rotatably coupled to a front end of the fixed ramp. In an opened configuration, a first side of the foldable ramp extension faces upwardly and is in planar alignment with a planar top surface of the fixed ramp and an opposing second side of the foldable extension faces downwardly. In a closed configuration, the foldable ramp extension is rotated so that the first side of the foldable ramp extension faces downwardly and is in contact with the planar top surface of the ramp section and the opposing second side of the foldable ramp extension faces upwardly to provide a flat operator workspace area that is configured to be stood on by an operator.