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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:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Graham L Hodgetts, Mars, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rolflor Industries, Inc., Evans City, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414395 ; 242 68 ; 414527 ; 414393 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for truck loading using a conveyor to advance a load into a truck backed-up to a loading dock. A special sheet or belt is laid over the bed of the truck and anchored at the edge adjacent the rear end of the truck bed. The sheet has special frictional characteristics. The load is pushed into the truck over the special sheet, the load in the truck is held in position and the special sheet is freed of the anchors and is slipped out from between the load and the truck bed.