US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 344
.~ With driven load engaging device, supported at least in part externally of the vehicles, for moving load therebetween

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

340  DF  WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING, OR ENABLING TRANSFER OF, LOAD FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER {4}
344.~ With driven load engaging device, supported at least in part externally of the vehicles, for moving load therebetween

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/344

With driven load-engaging device, supported at least in part externally of the vehicles, for moving load therebetween:

(under subclass 340) Apparatus wherein the transferring means comprises at least one powered device (hoist, winch, conveyor, etc.) which engages a load and moves it from one vehicle to the other, or at least part of the way from one to the other, the device being supported wholly or in part by one or more elements, structures, surfaces, etc., which elements, etc., are separate from either of the vehicles.