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Lightweight tool delivery system

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A tool sled having a body with a concave top surface and a convex bottom surface is provided and includes a flat plate and a handle. The bottom surface is symmetric about a transverse axis and passes through the body in a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the sled. A flat plate in contact with the top surface along two contact lines runs across the concave surface where each contact line is parallel to the transverse axis. A handle attached to the body extends upwardly from the top surface and outwardly from the body along a longitudinal axis parallel to the direction of movement of the sled.

Inventors: 
O'toole, Aaron; Transue, William E.; Murphy, James F.; Richardson, Bonnie J.
Patent Number: 
Technical domain: 
Handling and Transportation
FIle Date: 
2014-09-05
Grant Date: 
2015-09-29
Grant time: 
389 days
Grant time percentile rank: 
7
Claim count percentile rank: 
5
Citations percentile rank: 
2
'Cited by' percentile rank: 
1
Assignee: 
US NAVY