US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 339 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES FORMING A TRAIN, AND LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR, LOCATED AT LEAST IN PART THEREON
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WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES FORMING A TRAIN, ANDLOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR, LOCATED AT LEAST IN PARTTHEREON:
(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising two or more wheeled vehicles of a load-transporting type which are arranged tandemly to form a train, and means to load or unload one or more of the vehicles, which means derives at least a portion of its support from at least one of the vehicles but is external, at least in part, to at least one of the vehicles.
(1) Note. Classification here is not excluded by the presence in the train of an additional vehicle of a nonload-transporting type, which vehicle supports, in whole or in part, the loading or unloading means.
(2) Note. While the vehicles maintain a tandem relationship during a load-transporting operation, they may move relative to one another for loading or unloading.
(3) Note. See (2), (3), and (4) Notes of subclass 467.
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809, for a process of charging or discharging a load-transporting type vehicle and external means cooperating in the loading or unloading thereof.
