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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:
Aug. 14, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clayton E Myron, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Brooks & Perkins, Incorporated, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 193 / ; 193 / ; 414529 ;
Abstract
The invention is in an aircraft provided with a flexible rail roller construction adapted to be positioned on the deck of a cargo space to provide for movement of cargo thereover and arranged to be quickly and easily moved to a storage position below the deck. To accomplish this the rollers are provided in a flexible track movable through a 180.degree. arc at one end of the deck by engagement with a curved arcuate guide surface to extend in an inverted position beneath the deck. In a preferred embodiment roller supporting axles extended between midpoints of rigid plate-like links.