Transport cart system and method of its manufacture and operation

摘要

A series of transport carts (21) are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van (22) to leave an aisle between them. The carts have wheel supported upright frames with bottom supports (31) for the products disposed at a level above the floor of the van and open fronts with front decks (72) movable from a stowed retracted position to a generally horizontal operative position adjacent the bottom supports (31). The decks (72) are movable into generally abutting relation to form a raised false floor between the rows of carts on which hand trucks can travel.