Floating partition and loft for a livestock shipping container
AssigneeST Reproductive Technologies, LLC
InventorsDale Nisbet, Juan Moreno, Maurice Rosenstein
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Abstract
A shipping container for livestock having a plurality of walls, a container roof and a container floor enclosing an interior storage space. The front wall may include a container door and one or more of the sidewalls may be mounted with one or more column support plates that support web support plates. A floating partition, end wing, loft and feed troughs may be mounted with the web support plates. Additionally, the floating partition may be tilted inward to efficiently divide space and provide access to the loft. A catwalk may also be mounted with the floating partition.
Claims16
A shipping container having an interior enclosing an interior storage space, the shipping container comprising:
- at least two side walls and a container floor;
- one or more column support plates mounted to at least one of the at least two side walls in the interior of the shipping container;
- one or more web support plates connected to, and extending from, the one or more column support plates, the one or more web support plates each having a distal end extending away from the one or more column support plates without touching the container floor;
- a floating partition mounted with the distal end of the one or more web support plates;
- a catwalk having catwalk beams supported within the interior storage space of the shipping container by one or more of the web support plates connected to the catwalk beams, the catwalk being positioned between the floating partition and the interior of one of the side walls of the shipping container at a height that allows upright walking on the catwalk within the shipping container;
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- a loft supported on at least one side by the floating partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.