A trailer includes a load-bearing carrier frame which is guided on an undercarriage and includes a lateral longitudinal member and two cross members protruding at right angles from either end thereof. Between these, a central member is secured to the longitudinal member, parallel to the cross members, and a loading opening is formed opposite said longitudinal member. A lifting device is arranged, for mutual height adjustment purposes, between the carrier frame and the undercarriage. A load-clasping gripping unit may be arranged on the central member and may be displaced in the transverse direction between the longitudinal member and the loading opening.

A transport cart and a method using a transport cart transports objects or animal carcasses. The transport cart has a loading trough which has a region which is arranged on a side of the loading trough facing away from a handlebar and/or from at least one handle, wherein the region has at least one loading and/or unloading device, thus making loading and/or unloading possible such that the object which is to be transported or the transported object or the animal carcass which is to be transported or the transported animal carcass does not have to be touched by an operator.

A parcel cart for transporting parcels comprises a substructure, with a frame mounted to and supported by the substructure. The frame defines an internal volume in which parcels are received and stored for transport. The frame also includes: a base; a first end wall; a second end wall; a first side wall; and a second side wall. To facilitate loading or unloading of the parcel cart, the frame can include at least one end wall configured to transition between an upright position and a lowered position. To facilitate autonomous transport of the parcel cart, the substructure and the frame can define a cavity for receiving a mobile robot. To avoid occlusion of the field of view of one or more cameras associated with the mobile robot, the frame can include at least one end wall that is in a non-perpendicular orientation relative to the base.

A pallet jack has a forked platform with rollers embedded in the arms of the fork. The rollers are located at intervals from the front of the arms to the rear. The rollers work in conjunction with an inclined ramp, also having embedded rollers, attached to the front of the arms to lift a container onto the forks. Once a container is aligned in front of the inclined ramp, the pallet jack is driven forward. The momentum of the pallet jack, at standard speed, causes the inclined ramp to insert underneath the container and lifts the container onto the arms. The rollers allow the container to move into position on the pallet jack for transfer. An overlay platform may cover the host forks for standard pallet transfer. The overlay platform may have embedded rollers and can be rotated into position over a standard fork.

A mobile transporter is provided. The transporter includes a lower frame structure, an upper frame structure, a plurality of posts coupled to the lower frame structure and the upper frame structure, a roller assembly provided on the lower frame structure, a panel that extends from and retracts into the transporter, and a wheel that supports the panel, when the panel is extended from the transporter between a second partially open state and a fully open state.

A trolley includes a trolley body which in turn includes a wheel that is freely movable on a floor, and a first support that supports a component of a substrate processing apparatus that slides in a lateral direction and is pulled out to an outside of the substrate processing apparatus. The trolley also includes a second support that is connected to the trolley body so as to be freely movable between a first position where a width of the trolley in the lateral direction is a first length and a second position where the width in the lateral direction is a second length longer than the first length, and configured to support the component at the second position together with the first support.

A framework includes axially spaced apart stands each including a front extremity and a rear extremity extending upright between an upper end and a lower end, the front extremities, the back extremities, the upper ends, and the lower ends defining the framework's front section, rear section, top, and ground-engaging bottom, respectively, and an axle and a rung intermediate the top and the bottom, the axle between the front section and the rear section and coupled between the stands and the rung coupled between the back extremities. A load-supporting roller carried by the axle intermediate the top and the bottom between the front section and the rear section is above the rung and configured to rotate. The framework defines a load-reception area open to the roller between the stands along the rear section from the rung to the top and along the front section from the top to below the roller.

A support strut assembly comprises a block with a first surface comprising a ball transfer, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first wall extending from a first edge of the second surface, and a second wall parallel to the first wall and spaced apart by a gap. A magnet is affixed to the first wall, and a second friction reducing component such as a wheel or a ball bearing mounted upon a shaft is deposited within the gap. Other friction reducing components may include a rotatable sphere, a fixed shaft, a rotatable shaft, a wheel, a bearing, or a glide strip. At least one of the two walls may further comprise a cavity facing into the gap. The shaft is preferably embedded within the block and a cavity exposed a grooved portion of the shaft to allow a snap ring to lock the shaft within the block.

A shopping cart assembly includes a shopping cart for carrying purchased items in a retail environment. The shopping cart has a cage and a bottom shelf. A ramp is hingedly coupled to the cage of the shopping cart and the ramp is positionable in an open position for extending into a vehicle thereby facilitating the purchased items to be slid along the ramp into the vehicle for loading the purchased items into the vehicle. A counterweight unit is coupled to the shopping cart and the counterweight unit is actuated when the ramp is positioned in the open position. The counterweight unit transfers counterweight to an opposite side of the shopping cart with respect to the ramp when the counterweight unit is actuated to inhibit the shopping cart from tipping when the purchased items are unloaded from the shopping cart.

A stationary platform for supporting a supply transport device is provided. The stationary platform includes a frame having at least two longitudinal sides, a first end and a second opposing end, and a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of legs extending from the bottom surface of the frame to support the supply transport device on the frame. The supply transport device is slidably received on the top surface of the frame. A wheel base assembly having a cleaning device for contacting a bottom surface of the supply transport device, to remove dirt and debris from or to disinfect the supply transport device, is also provided.