Abstract An over-the-road carrier adapted to straddle and pick up elongated loads such as billets, pipe, etc., stocked in parallel piles on the ground between aisles is pivotally mounted at its front end on a tractor unit and at its rear end on a remote control powered trailing end unit. the latter unit is rotatable from a position in which its wheels travel in the direction of the long axis of the carrier to a position at right angles thereto. The carrier is maneuverable from its traveling position to its loading position by steering its tractor unit into one aisle, rotating its trailing end unit 90* and then driving the trailing end unit into the other aisle so that the carrier pivots about its tractor unit into a position parallel to the long axis of the load. Both tractor and trailing end units are then driven along their respective aisles to position the carrier over the desired load.
Inventors
👤 G Brock
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-01 05:59
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60P; B60P3/00; B60P3/40; B60P3/41
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
An over the road vehicle comprising a powered tractor unit, a single trailing end unit having one axle only and provided with a source of driving power, an inverted, generally U-shaped elongated load carrying unit supported at its front and rear ends by the tractor unit and trailing end unit, respectively, and providing the sole connection therebetween, and provided with means for carrying loads slung below it, a horizontally disposed turntable on the tractor unit, a horizontal pivot shaft mounted transversely of the load carrying unit and coupling the forward end thereof to the turntable, a second horizontally disposed turntable mounted on the rear end of the load carrying unit, a horizontal pivot shaft extending longitudinally of the trailing end unit and coupling the trailing end unit to the rear turntable, and means between the trailing end unit and the carrying unit for rotating the trailing end unit with respect to the load-carrying unit through an angle from 0* to 90*.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
An over the road vehicle comprising a powered tractor unit, a single trailing end unit having one axle only and provided with a source of driving power, an inverted, generally U-shaped elongated load carrying unit supported at its front and rear ends by the tractor unit and trailing end unit, respectively, and providing the sole connection therebetween, and provided with means for carrying loads slung below it, a horizontally disposed turntable on the tractor unit, a horizontal pivot shaft mounted transversely of the load carrying unit and coupling the forward end thereof to the turntable, a second horizontally disposed turntable mounted on the rear end of the load carrying unit, a horizontal pivot shaft extending longitudinally of the trailing end unit and coupling the trailing end unit to the rear turntable, and means between the trailing end unit and the carrying unit for rotating the trailing end unit with respect to the load-carrying unit through an angle from 0* to 90*.