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US 11,926,469 B2Granted
Transport shipping container for personal watercraft
AssigneeUFP Industries, Inc.
InventorsJohn M Grigsby, III, Carl D Prentice
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Abstract
A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.
Claims27
A shipping container, comprising:
- a pallet;
- a first pair of roller guides and a second pair of roller guides, the first pair and the second pair of roller guides rigidly secured to the pallet and spaced apart intermediate opposing ends of the pallet with the first pair of roller guides spaced-apart in transverse alignment and the second pair of roller guides spaced apart in transverse alignment;
- each of the roller guides comprising a rotatable sleeve;
- a pair of trusses each removably received on a respective one of the first pair of roller guides and the second pair of roller guides, the trusses movable on the respective sleeves that rotate during movement of the truss between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft seated on the trusses and a second position for storing and transporting of a personal watercraft thereon at an oblique angle relative to the pallet;
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- one of the trusses includes a portion that contacts a stop when the one truss moves on the one of the pair of roller guides to the first position.
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A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container for storage and shipping, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a pallet having a first pair of roller guides and a second pair of roller guides, the first pair and the second pair of the roller guides rigidly attached in spaced apart relation intermediate opposing ends of the pallet with the first pair of roller guides spaced-apart in transverse alignment and the second pair of roller guides spaced apart in transverse alignment, and each of the roller guides comprises a rotatable sleeve;
- (b) placing one of a pair of trusses on a respective one of the first pair of roller guides and the second pair of roller guides in a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable on the sleeves from the first position to a second position for orienting a transverse axis of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle relative to the pallet for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft seated on the trusses;
- (c) moving the trusses from the first position to the second position to dispose the personal watercraft at the oblique angle relative to the pallet;
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- (d) securing the personal watercraft received on the trusses to the pallet.
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A shipping container, comprising:
- a pallet;
- a first pair of roller guides and a second pair of roller guides, the first pair and the second pair of roller guides rigidly secured to the pallet and spaced apart intermediate opposing ends of the pallet with the first pair of roller guides spaced-apart in transverse alignment and the second pair of roller guides spaced apart in transverse alignment;
- each of the roller guides comprising a rotatable sleeve;
- a pair of trusses each removably received on a respective one of the first pair of roller guides and the second pair of roller guides, each truss comprises a rail and a chock connected in spaced relation by at least one span, the rail traveling on the roller guides and the chock for receiving a hull portion of a personal watercraft, the trusses movable on the respective sleeves that rotate during movement of the truss between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft seated on the trusses and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft thereon at an oblique angle relative to the pallet.
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A shipping container, comprising:
- a pallet;
- a first pair of roller guides and a second pair of roller guides, the first pair and the second pair of roller guides rigidly secured to the pallet and spaced apart intermediate opposing ends of the pallet with the first pair of roller guides spaced-apart in transverse alignment and the second pair of roller guides spaced apart in transverse alignment;
- each of the roller guides comprising a rotatable sleeve;
- a pair of trusses each removably received on a respective one of the first pair of roller guides and the second pair of roller guides, the trusses movable on the respective sleeves that rotate during movement of the truss between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft seated on the trusses and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft thereon at an oblique angle relative to the pallet;
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- a stern brace comprising an arm extending from the pallet and having a stern pad attached at a free distal end for bearing contact against a stern of the personal watercraft, for resisting movement of the personal watercraft during handling and shipping of the shipping container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.