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US 2007/0120345 A1Published application
Shipping container convertible to a trailer
AssigneeQ-Electric, LLC
InventorsJohn Wang, Gino Granda
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Abstract
The present invention provides a specialized shipping container for transporting a fully assembled personal vehicle. After use, the shipping container is easily transformed into one or more alternative trailer configurations by rearrangement of the container components.
Claims15
A shipping container transformable to trailer comprising:
- a rectangular base frame that is transformable into the bed of a trailer;
- a first vertical sidewall hingedly attached to an edge of the base frame and which is transformable into a lowerable loading gate of a trailer;
- second, third and fourth vertical sidewalls comprised of horizontal rails and vertical rails wherein the vertical sidewalls are removedly attached to edges of the base frame and are transformable into three retaining walls of a trailer configuration;
- two wheels;
- an axel and hitch assembly consisting of an axel to which said two wheels may be attached, at least one rail component perpendicular to the axel component and a hitch attached to the rail component, wherein the entire axel and hitch assembly with attached wheels is pivotably attachable to underside of the base frame to provide a functional trailer.
2 more elements
The transport container of claim 4 wherein said tubular metal is tubular steel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.