Ralph Bailey Sanders

US Patent:

42136245, Jul 22, 1980

Filed:

Sep 5, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/939626

Inventors:

Ralph K. Sanders - Placentia CA

Assignee:

General Dynamics Corporation Pomona Division - Pomona CA

International Classification:

B62D 2118

US Classification:

280 4312

Abstract:

Apparatus easily engageable to a standard pallet or skid of the type commonly utilized in the storage and shipment of bulk items and quantities. A plurality of adaptable wheel dollies, each having a fixed support member to engage the interior of the pallet may be arrayed at the corners of the pallet. Dolly adjustment devices enable each dolly, when engaged to a pallet lying flush upon a flat surface, to raise the pallet for transport by means of the wheels of the dolly. An A-frame tongue is engageable to a pair of dollies to join the pallet transport system to tow the system.