US 11,939,151 B1 · Dunnage assembly

Abstract

A dunnage assembly has a plurality of dunnage sections removably attached to each other and includes a forwardmost dunnage section and an aftmost dunnage section. The forwardmost dunnage section has the longest length and the aftmost dunnage section has the shortest length. Each dunnage section has a plurality of tubes and a plurality of tube collars that support the tubes such that the tubes are substantially parallel to each other. Each tube of each dunnage section has an interior region sized to receive a longitudinally extending item and is substantially coaxially aligned with a tube of an adjacent dunnage section. Each tube collar has a plurality of thru-holes therein where each thru-hole is sized to receive a portion of a tube. Each dunnage section includes a tube collar removably attached to a tube collar of an adjacent dunnage section.

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Dependent claims

A dunnage assembly configured for use within a shipping container, comprising:

a plurality of dunnage sections being removably attached to each other, wherein each of the plurality of dunnage sections comprises a plurality of tubes and a plurality of tube collars that support the plurality of tubes such that the plurality of tubes are substantially parallel to each other, wherein each of the plurality tube collars includes a plurality of thru-holes therein, wherein each of the plurality of thru-holes is sized to receive a portion of said each of the plurality of tubes, and wherein said each of the plurality of tubes includes an interior region sized to receive a longitudinally extending item and being substantially coaxially aligned with a tube of an adjacent dunnage section.

A dunnage assembly for holding at least one rocket having a fuze portion and a nozzle portion, comprising:

a plurality of dunnage sections being removably attached to each other,
wherein each of the plurality of dunnage sections includes a different length,
wherein the plurality of dunnage sections are arranged according to a length of each of the plurality of dunnage sections,
wherein the plurality of dunnage sections includes a forwardmost dunnage section with a longest length and an aftmost dunnage section with a shortest length,
wherein said each of the plurality of the dunnage sections includes a plurality of tubes and a plurality of tube collars that support the plurality of tubes such that the plurality of tubes are substantially parallel to each other, wherein each of the plurality of tube collars includes a plurality of thru-holes therein,
wherein each of the plurality of thru-holes is sized to receive a portion of a tube, wherein each tube of said plurality of tubes includes an interior region sized to receive a rocket and being substantially coaxially aligned with a tube of an adjacent dunnage section,
wherein each of the plurality of dunnage sections includes a first tube collar and a second tube collar, and
wherein the first tube collar is removably attached to the second tube collar of an adjacent dunnage section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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