Systems for transferring demountable freight containers between movable vehicles and external supports

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A MOBILE VEHICLE INCLUDING AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CHASSIS, AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING COMPOSITE PLATFORM SUPPORTED ON TOP OF SAID CHASSIS AND INCLUDING FRONT AND REAR SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED IN CORRESPONDING ADJACENT LONGITUDINAL POSITINS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID FRONT PLATFORM SECTION ADJACENT TO THE REAR THEREOF UPON SAID CHASSIS DISPOSED THEREBELOW FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY LATERALLY OF SAID CHASSIS AND BETWEEN NORMAL AND OPERATIVE POSITIONS, SAID FRONT PLATFORM SECTION IN ITS NORMAL POSITION BEING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AND IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION BEING UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY INCLINED, MEANS MOUNTING SAID REAR PLATFORM SECTION ADJACENT TO THE FRONT THEREOF UPON SAID CHASSIS DISPOSED THEREBELOW FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENTS ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY LATERALLY OF SID CHASSIS AND BETWEEN NORMAL AND OPERATIVE POSITIONS, SAID REAR PLATFORM SECTION IN ITS NORMAL POSITION BEING GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DISPOSED AND IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION BEING UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED, ACTUATING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING SAID PLATFORM SECTIONS INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHE AND BETWEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE NORMAL AND OPERATIVE POSITIONS, AND A DEMOUNTABLY FREIGHT CONTAINER INCLUDING AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BASE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON TOP OF SAID COMPOSITE PLATFORM, WHEREIN SAID CONTAINER IS SO SUPPORTED IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL LOW POSITION WHEN SAID FRONT AND REAR PLATFORM SECTIONS OCCUPY THEIR RESPECTIVE NORMAL POSITIONS, WHEREIN SAID CONTAINER IS SO SUPPORTED IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL HIGH POSITION WHEN SAID FRONT AND REAR PLATFORM SECTIONS OCCUPY THEIR RESPECTIVE OPERATIVE POSITIONS, WHEREIN SAID CONTAINER IS SO SUPPORTED IN A FORWARDLY INCLINDED POSITION WHEN SAID FRONT AND REAR PLATFORM SECTIONS OCCUPY THEIR RESPECTIVE OPERATIVE AND NORMAL POSITIONS, SAID WHEREIN SAID CONTAINER IS SO SUPPORTED IN A REARWARDLY INCLINED POSITION WHEN SAID FRONT AND REARPLATFORM SECTIONS OCCUPY THEIR RESPECTIVE NORMAL AND OPERATIVE POSITIONS.