Inventors:
Steven Garfield - University Heights OH, US
Laura Gordos - Euclid OH, US
International Classification:
B65F 9/00
B60P 9/00
H01L 21/677
US Classification:
414340000, 414462000, 414800000
Abstract:
A loading and unloading device is disclosed in the form of an independent rail lift that may also be built into a loadable object. The device collapses for storage and handling, and telescopes to make a ramp with a motorized carriage. Two parallel telescoping slide rails are spaced apart by a ground resting foot and a hook shaped handle. The motor operates on a cog rail to drive the carriage as a lift that slides on a ramp formed by leaning the slide rails against a platform that is raised above the ground. Preferably the rail lift is used to lift luggage up to, or down from, a platform that may be a passenger vehicle trunk, a bed, a luggage stand, etc., advantageously by being built into the luggage. Wheels can be added to allow object portage by functioning as a dolly.
