A lift for a truck bed comprises a base configured to mount to the truck bed. A mast is coupled to the base. The mast extends along a first axis transverse to the truck bed. A first actuator is configured to expand and retract the mast along the first axis. A boom is coupled to the mast. The boom extends along a second axis transverse to the first axis.

A boom assembly includes a boom housing having a longitudinal, internal cavity. A telescoping boom moves in an axial direction relative to the boom housing and has a first end positioned within the longitudinal, internal cavity and a second end positioned outside the longitudinal, internal cavity. A winch assembly moves with the movement of the telescoping boom. A winch cable extends from the winch assembly and is guided by a pulley. A portion of the winch cable extends over the pulley in an outward direction from the pulley. The extending portion of the winch cable has a length, and the length of the extending portion of the winch cable remains the same regardless of the axial movement of the telescoping boom relative to the boom housing.

A utility vehicle is configured for use in emergency situations. The utility vehicle includes a base, a set of tracks, and a set of outriggers. The set of tracks is secured to the base configured to move the base through rough terrain. The set of outrigger is configured to be disposed in a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The outrigger is disposed above the deck level in the stowed configuration. The outrigger also remains outside the set of tracks in both the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The outrigger comprises an upper leg, a lower leg, and an actuator.

A self-propelled flat-bed trolley is provided which includes a motor for locomotion and including a load-bearing platform and an articulated crane with a telescopic arm adapted to load and unload articles to and from the platform. The crane is maneuverable to locate the center-of-mass of the articles within a base of support for the trolley, with the trolley further including a controller for controlling the motor and articulated crane.

A loading type truck crane includes an outrigger device including a right outrigger and a left outrigger that are mounted on a vehicle and are capable of extending and retracting in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, a crane device that includes a turnable boom and is mounted on the vehicle, and a control device that calculates a critical working radius of the crane device on a basis of a ground-contact reaction force of the outrigger device, and implements safety control related to at least one of a lowering operation and an extension operation of the boom by the crane device on a basis of the calculated critical working radius.

A lift device comprises a mounting arm that includes a mounting member that is configured to be mounted to a structure. The lift device includes a vertical member having a lower end and an upper end spaced from the lower end along a first axis that is aligned with the vertical direction. A lifting boom includes a first end coupled to the upper end of the vertical member and the second end is configured to be secured to the object. The lift device includes a first actuation system disposed along the vertical member and configured to cause the lifting boom to rotate about the first axis. The lift device also includes a second actuation system configured to cause the lifting boom to rotate about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.

A stowable hydraulic crane for a vehicle load bed includes a boom, a mast configured to pivot between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration in a load bed sidewall receiver, and a base. A hydraulic member is provided to tilt the boom. The base includes a locking member for retaining the mast in the deployed configuration.

A container trailer crane has an apparatus that includes a base, a crane arm, an outrigger, and a mechanical ram that is used in both positioning the outrigger and the crane arm.

In the method a forwarder is applied, including one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more log pile attributes that concern and identify a pile of logs as a whole, each log pile attribute representing a property of the log pile, the forwarder further collecting the logs in each sensed log pile. In the method a forest harvester is applied, adapted to harvest trees to produce logs that are deposited in log piles, including one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more log pile attributes that concern and identify a pile of logs as a whole, the forest harvester storing and/or processing the sensed one or more log pile attributes, and/or sending them to a remote location, and/or sending them to one or more forwarders. The method including comparing the sensed one or more log pile attributes to identify the log pile. The arrangement includes the forest harvester and the forwarder.

The present invention discloses compositions and methods for clinical imaging. In particular, these compositions and methods provide improvements to cardiovascular imaging. Such improvements are drawn to the creation and use of polymer-based microbubbles comprising metal nanoparticle additives that provide contrast images of highly improve resolution when compared to conventional lipid based microbubbles. For example, the compositions and methods may be used for dark field X-ray scattering contrast images for angiography.