US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 662
.~ Comprising means enabling additional movement of carrier or portion thereof relative to its support


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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

592  DF  ELEVATOR OR HOIST AND LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR {16}
662.~ Comprising means enabling additional movement of carrier or portion thereof relative to its support {3}
663  DF  .~.~> On portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator {1}
668  DF  .~.~> Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable {2}
672  DF  .~.~> Carrier comprises swingable or rotatable, load-underlying surface


DEFINITION

Classification: 414/662

Comprising means enabling additional movement of carrier or portion thereof relative to its support:

(under subclass 592) Apparatus wherein the loading or unloading means comprises a device for moving, or structure for facilitating the movement of, the carrier, or a part of the carrier, relative to its support in a direction which is in addition to the direction of its principal travel, which movement in an additional direction is primarily for a loading or unloading purpose.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

277+, for means for charging or discharging a plurality of static, load underlying members, which means includes a load-sustaining surface and a device to move the load in a direction which includes a horizontal component.

282+, for means for charging or discharging a plurality of static, load underlying members, which means includes a portable elevating device having a load-sustaining surface, and wherein there is also provided means to move the surface horizontally relative to the device.

659+, for a device located on the carrier for moving a load

laterally to or from the carrier. (The device may supplant the carrier as the element which underlyingly engages the load).