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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Edgar Bogue, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald Keith Jones, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ray Vere Riggs, Seattle, WA (US);
Bruno Joseph Vogele, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
The disclosed method and apparatus enables movement of containerized and palletized cargo into a cargo aircraft through a door in the side of the fuselage which has a smaller width than the length of the cargo. The disclosed preferred embodiment includes an array of floor mounted steerable drive wheel units and an attenuated, shock absorbing pivot-stop.