A solid waste displacement system, more specifically a system affixed to a mobile structure (such as, for instance, a truck bed, a trailer, and the like), provided. Such a system includes a drive shaft coupled to a movable wall assembly that provides sufficient force to push solid waste from the mobile structure along the drive shaft when operated. The drive shaft may be a chain driven device or any other like mechanism that accords movement and force to the movable wall assembly for such a solid waste displacement purpose. The device as well as the method of utilizing such a device on and/or within a mobile structure are encompassed herein.

A Trailer Loading/Unloading System may comprise a tilting flatbed trailer having one or more push bars configured to move along the surface of the trailer bed push palletized cargo off the trailer, move palletized cargo back and forth on the trailer, and prevent rapid descent or undesirable slipping of palletized cargo. Each of the push bars may be secured between a chain on the left side of the trailer bed and a chain on the right side of the trailer bed. These two chains may loop around a rear guide shaft at the rear of the trail and a front guide bar shaft at the front of the trailer. The guide shafts may be secured beneath the surface of the trailer, and may include sprockets around which the chains loop. A motor, e.g., a winch, may be secured to the trailer and may drive, using a sprocket and chain running around a shaft protruding from the motor, one of the guide shafts, e.g., the front shaft, by turning a sprocket mechanically secured to the front guide shaft. The Trailer Loading/Unloading System may further comprise a hydraulic lift actuator for raising the front of the trailer, thereby tilting the trailer. Palletized cargo may be unloaded from the trailer by raising the front of the trailer and thereby tilting the trailer, actuating the motor to push palletized cargo toward the rear of the trailer, and pulling the trailer forward when the edge of the palletized cargo is touching the ground.

A Trailer Loading/Unloading System may comprise a tilting flatbed trailer having one or more cross-supports and/or push bars configured to move along the surface of the trailer bed to push palletized cargo off the trailer, move palletized cargo back and forth on the trailer, and prevent rapid descent or undesirable slipping of palletized cargo. Each of the cross-supports may be secured between a chain on the left side of the trailer bed and a chain on the right side of the trailer bed. In one embodiment, the cross-supports may be sufficiently close to place a pallet or other item on top of the cross-supports. In an additional embodiment, a belting loop may cover the cross-supports, thereby allowing for handling of loose material, e.g., gravel, rocks, or soil.

An apparatus is provided for moving and securing articles in a pickup truck cargo bed. The pickup truck cargo bed may have opposing sidewalls, cab wall, tailgate, and floor. The apparatus comprises a plurality of tracks configured to connect to the pickup truck cargo bed, the plurality of tracks extending substantially along a longitudinal length of the pickup truck cab and defining a channel. A push plate slidably is mounted to the plurality of tracks with a movement member, and the push plate configured to stand perpendicular to the floor. The apparatus also comprises an actuator in mechanical communication with the push plate, the actuator configured to move the push plate to a desired position in the pickup truck cargo bed. An adjustable enclosed area is defined by the push plate, opposing side walls, and tail gate.

A vehicle on which a container (1) is mounted for transporting materials, said container comprising a movable partition (10) extending transversely inside the container. The vehicle comprises a motor (16) pulling on a pair of cables (14a, 14b), the front ends of which are connected to the partition (10) on either side, in order to pull the partition (10) towards the rear of the container so as to unload the materials. The cables run along the side walls (4a, 4b) of the container, at a distance from a bottom of the container. The side walls (4a, 4b) of the container have projections (24a, 24b) each extending towards the inside of the container and overhanging the cables so that said cables are protected from falling materials during loading of the container from above.

A loading/unloading system for an associated truck bed includes first and second laterally spaced rails configured for re) receipt in the associated truck bed. First and second support leg assemblies are operatively associated with the first and second rails, respectively. First and second motors are received on the first and second leg assemblies, respectively, and are configured to selectively raise and lower the first and second rails. A sensor assembly is mounted on the rails to monitor the position of the first rail relative to the second rail. The sensor assembly is interconnected to the first and second motors for maintaining the rails at the same height relative to one another.

A solid waste displacement system, more specifically a system affixed to a mobile structure (such as, for instance, a truck bed, a trailer, and the like), provided. Such a system includes a drive shaft coupled to a movable wall assembly that provides sufficient force to push solid waste from the mobile structure along the drive shaft when operated. The drive shaft may be a chain driven device or any other like mechanism that accords movement and force to the movable wall assembly for such a solid waste displacement purpose. The device as well as the method of utilizing such a device on and/or within a mobile structure are encompassed herein.

The invention relates to a lawn maintenance machine comprising a container (10) and a movable wall (40), the movable wall (40) dividing the container (10) to a first storage (20) having a first length in a longitudinal direction, and a second storage (30) having a second length in the longitudinal direction, wherein the second storage (30) is placed rearward from the first storage (20), the lawn maintenance machine further comprising an actuator arrangement configured to move the movable wall (40) forward and backward in the longitudinal direction in order to increase and decrease, respectively, the volume of the second storage (30). The invention further relates to a method for taking care of a lawn or a turf. This invention further relates to a lawn maintenance method and a lawn maintenance system.

Parcel processing systems and methods. A parcel processing system includes a boom conveyor section configured to extend into a loading area, transport parcels into the loading area, and adjust a height of a discharge end of the boom conveyor section. The parcel processing system includes a sensor pod configured to scan the loading area into which the parcels can be placed. The parcel processing system includes a control system configured to determine a placement of the one or more parcels in the loading area, arrange the one or more parcels on the boom conveyor section according to the determined placement, control the boom conveyor section to transport one or more parcels into the loading area, control the height of the discharge end of the boom conveyor section, and place the one or more parcels into the loading area in the determined placement.

A haulage arrangement has a frame configured for operative attachment to a suitable tractor, and defining a tray for operatively receiving particulate material therein. The tray comprises two side walls separated by a loadbearing lower section with a headwall at a head end of the tray and slidably arranged in-between the side walls. Also included is an urger at the head end configured to operatively urge the headwall to slide across the lower section. Arrangement further includes an elastically flexible floor slidably arranged on the lower section and fast at a first end with the headwall, as well as a retractor arranged at an ejection end of the tray and configured to continuously retract a second end of the floor underneath the lower section whilst the headwall is urged. The retractor is further configured to agitate the floor during retraction to counteract adhesion of particulate material ejected from the tray.