Ergonomically improved delivery vehicle and method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B60P-001/02
B60P-003/00
출원번호
US-0187871
(2011-07-21)
등록번호
US-9073470
(2015-07-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Ellis, Gregory Paul
Bauhof, III, Ned F.
Yankanich, Andrew Nicholas
Ellis, Mathew Edwin
Loy, David
출원인 / 주소
Precision Distribution Consulting, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Duane Morris LLP
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초록▼
A method and system for providing cargo or product to an individual. The system may be a vehicle and include a plurality of bays, at least one of the plural bays having two rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the ot
A method and system for providing cargo or product to an individual. The system may be a vehicle and include a plurality of bays, at least one of the plural bays having two rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the other. The vehicle may also include a holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising a plurality of trays wherein the structure is adaptable to provide vertical movement of the plural trays within the confines of the two rectangular frames. The vehicle may also include one or more mechanisms positioned between the lower horizontal members of the two rectangular frames, the one or more mechanisms adaptable to provide lateral movement within the confines of the two rectangular frames.
대표청구항▼
1. A delivery vehicle comprising: a bay having two parallel rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each of the frames opposing and facing the other;a holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising: a first hori
1. A delivery vehicle comprising: a bay having two parallel rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each of the frames opposing and facing the other;a holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising: a first horizontal frame adjacent each of the vertical members of the two rectangular frames at corners of the first horizontal frame, the first horizontal frame extending in first and second orthogonal directions between the two rectangular frames;a first motor; anda first belt positioned between the lower horizontal members of the two rectangular frames and below the first horizontal frame, the first belt configured to provide lateral movement in the first direction along a first opening extending in the first direction in the first horizontal frame and within the confines of the two rectangular frames;wherein operation of the first motor provides vertical movement of the holding structure within the confines of the two rectangular frames; andwherein the first horizontal frame is stationary relative to the direction of lateral movement. 2. The delivery vehicle of claim 1 wherein the first horizontal frame is partitioned into a plurality of horizontal bins, each of the plurality of horizontal bins extending in the first and second orthogonal directions between the two rectangular frames. 3. The delivery vehicle of claim 2 further comprising a second belt positioned between the lower horizontal members of the two rectangular frames and below the first horizontal frame, the second belt configured to provide lateral movement in the first direction along a second opening extending in the first direction in the first horizontal frame, the second opening formed in one of the plurality of horizontal bins; and wherein the first opening is formed in another one of the plurality of horizontal bins. 4. The delivery vehicle of claim 1 wherein the holding structure further comprises a second horizontal frame adjacent to each of the vertical members of the two rectangular frames at corners of the second horizontal frame, the second horizontal frame extending in first and second orthogonal directions between the two rectangular frames, wherein operation of the first motor collapses the second horizontal frame into the first horizontal frame, wherein the first belt is further configured to provide lateral movement in the first direction along a first opening extending in the first direction in the second horizontal frame and within the confines of the two rectangular frames; and wherein the second horizontal frame is stationary relative to the direction of lateral movement. 5. The delivery vehicle of claim 4 wherein the collapsing of the second horizontal frame into the first horizontal frame is automatic or manual. 6. The delivery vehicle of claim 1 wherein operation of the first belt is effected by another motor. 7. The delivery vehicle of claim 1 wherein the bay is a rear-loaded or side-loaded bay. 8. The delivery vehicle of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of bays, wherein adjacent bays share one rectangular frame. 9. The delivery vehicle of claim 8 wherein the rectangular frames are collapsible. 10. The delivery vehicle of claim 1 wherein access to the bay is via a roll-up or swing door. 11. The delivery vehicle of claim 1, wherein at least two of the vertical members include a linear gear affixed to a portion of the length of the respective vertical member and wherein the first motor is adaptable to engage a shaft, the shaft having a gear on opposing ends thereof, each gear rotatably engaged to the linear gear of a respective vertical member. 12. In a system for delivery of products from a wheeled vehicle having one or more delivery bays, the improvement comprising vertical frames in at least one of the bays, the frames carrying a holding structure configured to provide vertical movement of a horizontal frame within the vehicle and a belt assembly configured to provide lateral movement in a first direction along an opening extending in the first direction in the horizontal frame within the vehicle, wherein the horizontal frame is stationary relative to the direction of lateral movement. 13. The system of claim 12 wherein the horizontal frame is collapsible and positioned adjacent the vertical frames. 14. A delivery vehicle comprising: at least one bay, the bay including two rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the other;a holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising a plurality of trays, each one of the plural trays extending in first and second orthogonal directions between the two rectangular frames and comprising one or more openings extending in the first direction in the respective tray, wherein the structure is adaptable to provide vertical movement of the plural trays within the confines of the two rectangular frames in a third direction normal to the first and second directions; andone or more mechanisms positioned between the two rectangular frames, the one or more mechanisms adaptable to provide lateral movement in the first direction along the one or more openings of the plural trays. 15. The delivery vehicle of claim 14 wherein each one of the plural trays is partitioned into a plurality of horizontal bins, each of the plurality of horizontal bins extending between the two rectangular frames in the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and wherein each of the one or more mechanisms is configured to provide lateral movement in the first direction along a separate opening extending in the first direction of a separate horizontal bin of each one of the plurality of plural trays. 16. The delivery vehicle of claim 15 wherein adjacent bays share one rectangular frame. 17. The delivery vehicle of claim 16 wherein the plural trays are collapsible. 18. The delivery vehicle of claim 14 further comprising two or more bays. 19. A method for loading products in a vehicle or delivering products to an individual from the vehicle comprising the steps of: operating one or more mechanisms; andimparting vertical and lateral motion to a product within a bay of the vehicle using the one or more mechanisms, the vehicle including: at least one bay having two rectangular frames, each frame with two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the other, anda holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising one or more horizontal trays extending in first and second orthogonal directions between the two rectangular frames, the one or more trays having the product contained over an opening extending in the first direction in a respective one of the one or more horizontal trays, wherein each of the one of the one or more horizontal trays is stationary relative to the direction of lateral motion. 20. The method of claim 19 wherein a first of the one or more mechanisms is a motor and wherein the step of imparting further comprises collapsing or telescoping the one or more horizontal trays in a vertical motion in a third direction normal to the first and second directions using the motor. 21. The method of claim 19 wherein a first of the one or more mechanisms is a belt and wherein the step of imparting further comprises laterally moving the product in the first direction along the opening in the one or more horizontal trays using the belt. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein each one of the one or more horizontal trays is partitioned into a plurality of horizontal bins extending in the first and second directions between the two rectangular frames and wherein a first of the one or more mechanisms is configured to provide lateral movement in the first direction along an opening extending in the first direction in one of the plurality of horizontal bins of each one of the one or more horizontal trays. 23. The method of claim 21 wherein at least one of the vertical and lateral motion is automatic. 24. A system for delivering products from a delivery vehicle, comprising: two rectangular frames, each frame having at least two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the other;a holding structure engaged by the two rectangular frames, the structure comprising a plurality of trays extending in first and second orthogonal directions between the two rectangular frames wherein each one of the plural trays comprises one or more openings extending in the first direction in the respective tray;a first mechanism configured to provide vertical movement of the plural trays of the holding structure within the confines of the two rectangular frames and in a third direction normal to the first and second directions; andone or more second mechanisms positioned between the two rectangular frames and below the plurality of trays, the one or more second mechanisms configured to provide lateral movement in the first direction along the one or more openings of each one of the plural trays. 25. The system of claim 24, wherein each of the one or more second mechanisms comprises a belt or a chain mechanism. 26. The system of claim 24, wherein the first mechanism comprises a motor configured to provide vertical movement of the plural trays of the holding structure within the confines of the two rectangular frames and in the third direction. 27. The system of claim 26, wherein the first mechanism further comprises a pulley mechanism operatively coupled with the motor to provide vertical movement of the plural trays of the holding structure within the confines of the two rectangular frames and in the third direction. 28. The system of claim 24, wherein the one or more second mechanisms is further configured to contact a product situated over a respective one of the one or more openings of each one of the plural trays wherein each respective one of the one or more openings of each one of the plural trays is disposed along the same axis parallel to the third direction.
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