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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2021
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Anthony D. Paul, Anchorage, AK (US);
Nathan Thomas North, Seattle, WA (US);
Milan Karunaratne, Orange, CA (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A vehicle according to a vehicle system and method includes a chassis, a coupler, and a platform on the chassis. The coupler is mounted to the chassis at a first end of the chassis and is configured to releasably connect the vehicle to a second vehicle. The platform is for supporting a cargo container and includes a base portion and a bridge member. The bridge member is located at an end of the platform and is extendable relative to the base portion from a retracted position to an extended position to lengthen the platform. The bridge member in the extended position projects beyond the first end of the chassis, above the coupler, towards the second vehicle for establishing a bridge to transload the cargo container from the platform to the second vehicle.