A rigid frame (2, figure 1) suitable for attachment to a lorry loadbed, which is readily fastened to and removed from the load bed by means of a plurality of conventional ISO twistlock connectors. The frame is provided with male and/or female 10, 10 connector components for releasable attachment to co-operating female and/or male connector components provided on the lorry loadbed. The frame further has mounted thereon a loading/unloading crane 20 with an extendible jib arm 22 rotatable in at least one plane through 360 degrees, which is suitable for loading or unloading the loadbed. Preferably the frame has two longitudinal members 4, 4 and is securable to the loadbed solely by means of ISO twistlock connectors, the crane has an integral source of electrical power (e.g. small generator). The crane may be readily removable and easily mountable on a lorry bed of another lorry within a vehicle fleet.


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    Titel :

    Improvements in or relating to vehicle-mounted cranes


    Beteiligte:
    JOHN WHITEHEAD (Autor:in) / MICHAEL FARROW (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    15.03.2017


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS