Freight container
AssigneeTimberbox Limited
InventorGiles Markwell
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Abstract
A freight container (10), typically a container with ISO standard external dimensions, has a floor, walls and a roof. The roof (16) can be lifted off from the walls, and has means by which goods can be suspended from the roof module, so that they will be lifted out of the container, suspended from the roof module, when the roof module is lifted off, and can be loaded into the container by being first secured underneath a container roof and then being lifted with the roof into place within the container, the roof being subsequently secured to the tops of the walls to enclose the container.
Claims15
A freight container having a floor, walls and a roof module, wherein the roof module can be lifted off from the walls, and has means by which goods can be suspended from the roof module, so that they can be lifted out of the container, suspended from the roof module, when the roof module is lifted off.
A method of handling freight, wherein a rigid support frame is placed on top of a stack of freight items, slings are passed from the frame beneath the stack and the frame is lifted by a crane or the like to lift the freight which is then suspended from the frame within the slings.
A rigid support frame having means by which the frame can be attached to a crane or the like, and slings for suspending a load from beneath the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.