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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Deutsche Post Ag, Bonn, DE;
Jason Laib, Erlanger, KY (US);
Travis Cobb, Erlanger, KY (US);
Mark Webster, Hubertus, WI (US);
Mark Veasy, Bonn, DE;
Deutsche Post AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an unload access system for an unit load device, comprising a framework, the framework delimiting a cargo space arranged on a ground load deck and the framework comprising an unload deck for unloading shipments out of the unit load device, whereby the unload deck is arranged distant above the ground load deck and extends in an offset plane adjacent to the cargo space, the unload deck comprises a movable platform, and the platform extends coplanar with the unload deck and is movable between a retracted position and a maximum extracted position, whereby in the maximum extracted position the platform overlaps at least partly the cargo space by extending into the cargo space and in the retracted position the platform does not overlap the cargo space.