A lift platform assembly coupled to a floor and capable of transitioning a lift platform between a stow position and a ground level position. The lift platform assembly has one or more arms coupling the lift platform to the floor, a gate mount coupled to the lift platform at an outboard end, a retention gate coupled to the gate mount at a first terminus, and a mount pivot axis defined through the gate mount and parallel to a lift platform plane. The retention gate pivots about the mount pivot axis as the lift platform assembly transitions from the ground level position to the stow position.

Methods and systems are provided for loading and unloading an item onto a vehicle. In one embodiment, a system includes: a loading system configured to receive a locker configured to store the item; a shuttle transfer system configured to transfer the locker to a storage position within the vehicle; and a swing arm system that couples to the loading system and the shuttle transfer system, the swing arm system configured to adjust a position of the loading system relative to the vehicle.

A transport trailer and a method for transporting an oversize load are provided. In one nonlimiting example, the transport trailer includes a trailer. The trailer includes an elongated body that extends in a length direction and that has an upper base surface. A support assembly is configured to support the oversize load and is pivotably coupled to the trailer to move between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the support assembly extends over the upper base surface and beyond the trailer in a width direction that is transverse to the length direction to define a wide load overhang that extends beyond the trailer in the width direction. In the second position, the support assembly is positioned at an incline relative to the first position to one of reduce and eliminate the wide load overhang.

A hydraulic deck comprising a frame consisting of a pair of horizontal members and a pair of vertical members, wherein the frame is configured to be mounted in a bed of a pickup truck; a pair of pivot arm members in telescoping engagement with the pair of horizontal members and a pair of extension members in telescoping engagement with the pair of vertical members; a platform member configured to support at least one vehicle; a pair of pillars rotationally connected to pin members positioned on the pair of extension members, wherein the pair of pillar extend perpendicularly from the platform member; and a mechanically operating lifting system configured to slide and lower the platform from the bed in a stored position to a ground surface in a loading position.

A container deck of a trailer includes a front mounting floor, a central elevating floor, a rear mounting floor and a rear elevating floor, the central elevating floor is capable of loading and unloading the air container from the left or right side of the trailer vehicle body, the rear elevating floor is capable of loading and unloading the air container from any of the left and right sides and rear end, the front and rear mounting floors are provided with a roller conveyor for movably placing the container and a roller conveyor and a fixed side guide for slidably engaged the container, the central elevating floor is rotatable, the rear elevating floor includes a turntable and a ball conveyor, the central elevating floor and the rear elevating floor are capable to move up and down a single container.

A container deck of a trailer includes a front mounting floor, a central elevating floor, a rear mounting floor and a rear elevating floor, the central elevating floor is capable of loading and unloading the air container from the left or right side of the trailer vehicle body, the rear elevating floor is capable of loading and unloading the air container from any of the left and right sides and rear end, the front and rear mounting floors are provided with a roller conveyor for movably placing the container and a roller conveyor and a fixed side guide for slidably engaged the container, the central elevating floor is rotatable, the rear elevating floor includes a turntable and a ball conveyor, the central elevating floor and the rear elevating floor are capable to move up and down a single container.

A load platform (1) configured for use as part of a tail lift on a vehicle, the load platform comprising a protector device (3) in the form of a flexible sheet (38) that is configurable, when said load platform is attached to a vehicle, to cover a gap between the tail lift and the vehicle, the tail lift characterised in that the protector device (3) is, at a first end, anchored to the load platform by an elasticated fixing arrangement and at a second end that is opposite the first end, configured for attachment to a supporting structure of the tail lift (10) or to a part of a given vehicle to which the tail lift is attached; wherein, upon the load platform being attached to a vehicle, when said load platform (1) is in a first position, substantially at ground level, said protector device (3) is oriented such that it occupies a plane that is substantially vertical and covering the gap as exists between the rear of the tail lift and the vehicle; when said load platform (1) is in a second position, substantially raised from ground level and at the level of the vehicle load deck, said protector device (3) is oriented such that it occupies a plane that is substantially parallel to a main plane of the load platform; and during movement of said load platform (1) from said first position to said second raised position, said elasticated fixing arrangement contracts in order to thereby draw said device 3 into said main plane of said load platform; and during movement of said load platform (1) from said second position to said first position, said elasticated fixing arrangement expands in order to thereby enable said device 3 as is attached to said supporting structure, to be drawn from said load platform (1) in order to cover said gap.

An autonomous mobile robot including frame defining a payload holding area with a payload seating surface, and having a wheeled traverse system dependent from the frame for substantially free unrestricted roving of the autonomous mobile robot on a riding surface in a facility space, at least one drive section connected to the frame, and at least one motor defining at least one independent degree of freedom; and an articulated pick arm dependent from the frame, the articulated pick arm having an end effector configured so as to stably hold a container therewith, and being operably connected to the at least one motor so that the at least one independent degree of freedom extends and retracts, and raises and lowers the articulated pick arm defining a range of motion of the end effector spanning from an elevation below a lowermost level of the payload seating surface onto the payload seating surface.

The disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, and methods for enabling lift cylinders within rail-type liftgates to perform both lifting and closing motions.

A lifting device for mounting to a vehicle includes a lifting surface having dimensions that fit a cargo area of the vehicle, the lifting surface being configured to carry a cargo; a telescoping assembly coupled to the vehicle and configured to horizontally extend by telescoping further than the vehicle; a lifting mechanism coupled to the telescoping assembly and to the lifting surface, the lifting mechanism being configured to move the lifting surface vertically to lift or lower the lifting surface. The lifting device further includes an actuating assembly in communication with the telescoping assembly and the lifting mechanism, the actuating assembly being configured to actuate the telescoping assembly to move horizontally in and out of the cargo area of the vehicle and to actuate the lifting mechanism to move vertically down to a loading surface and up to the cargo area of the vehicle.