Cargo handling machine

Claim 1

A CARGO HANDLING DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING RIGID LOWER WALL ARTICLES FROM A VESSEL MOORED ADJACENT A DOCK, WHICH COMPRISES: A FRAME, WHICH INCLUDES A CARGO SUPPORT FRAME PORTION, AN ELEVATOR SUPPORT FRAME PORTION WHICH INCLUDES AN ELEVATOR SUPPORT EXTENSION DISPOSED ABOVE AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE CARGO SUPPORT FRAME PORTION, AND AN UPRIGHT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING THE ELEVATOR SUPPORT FRAME PORTION ABOVE THE CARGO SUPPORT PORTION TO FORM A GENERALLY CENTRALLY LOCATED CARGO RECEIVING AREA, AN ENTRY AND EXIT OPENING FOR PERMITTING A LIFT TRUCK TO DEPOSIT CARGO ARTICLES IN SAID RECEIVING AREA BENEATH SAID ELEVATOR SUPPORT FRAME PORTION, AND A SECOND ENTRY AND EXIT OPENING INTERMEDIATE THE CARGO SUPPORT FRAME PORTION AND AND THE ELEVATOR SUPPORT EXTENSION TO PERMIT SAID CARGO ARTICLES TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CARGO RECEIVING AREA OR RECEIVED THEREINTO FROM BENEATH SAID ELEVATOR SUPPORT FRAME; MEANS MOUNTING THE FRAME FOR MOBILITY ON SAID DOCK; AN ELEVATOR INCLUDING MEANS SUSPENDING A CARGO SUPPORTION PORTION FROM THE ELEVATOR SUPPORT EXTENSION FOR MOVING SAID CARGO SUPPORTING PORTION FROM A POSITION ADJACENT THE CARGO RECEIVING AREA TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE DOCK IN THE HOLD OF THE VESSEL TO PERMIT LOADING AND UNLOADING OF THE VESSEL FROM SAID CARGO SUPPORTING PORTION;