PORTABLE SHIPS WING FOR CARGO TRANSFER BY HELICOPTER

This invention relates to ship's cargo handling apparatus and has particular reference to a cantilever structure or wing mounted on a cargo ship and used to move cargo loads outboard of the ship to a location at which the cargo loads can be picked up by helicopters for movement of cargo from the ship to shore or to another ship.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This Government-owned invention available for U.S. licensing and, possibly, for foreign licensing.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of the Army

  Pentagon Building
  Washington, DC  United States  20310
• Authors:
  • Black, R W
  • Bendl, R E
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Commodities; Freight transportation; Helicopters; Patents; Portable equipment; Ships; Transfers; Wings (Aircraft)
• Old TRIS Terms: Patents (Cargo gear); Replenishment at sea
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146576
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PAT-APPL-412 576 Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM