# US 2008/0187422 A1 · Transporting platform and transporting module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0187422 A1 - Document ID: US20080187422A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/025,507 - Filed: 2008-02-04 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2007-02-05 - Inventors: Xiong Zhao; Xiaohui Ni; Weijia Guo; Yao Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080187422A1 ## CPC - B65G 57/005: {by using insertions or spacers between the stacked layers} - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A transporting platform and a transporting module composed of plurality of transporting platforms, for stacking non-standard containers on standard containers or standardized transporting equipment. The transporting platform includes a pair of transverse beams and a pair of longitudinal beams arranged between the transverse beams. Each of the transverse beams includes: at least one top fitting, arranged on the upper part of the transverse beam for fitting the bottom corner fitting of the non-standard container; and a pair of bottom corner fittings, arranged on the lower part of the transverse beam, and having a center distance therebetween corresponding to the center distance between the corner fittings along the width direction of the standard container. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transporting platform, for stacking non-standard containers on standard containers or on standardized container transporting equipment, comprising a pair of transverse beams, and a pair of longitudinal beams arranged between the transverse beams, wherein each of the transverse beams comprises: at least one top fitting, arranged on the upper part of the transverse beam for fitting the bottom corner fitting of the non-standard container; and a pair of bottom corner fittings, arranged on the lower part of the transverse beam, and having a center distance therebetween corresponding to the center distance between the corner fittings along the width direction of the standard container. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transporting platform according to claim 1, wherein the transverse beam has a length corresponding to the width of the standard container, while the longitudinal beam has a length corresponding to the length of the standard container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The transporting platform according to claim 1, wherein two top fittings are arranged on the upper part of each transverse beam, which are separated by a predetermined center distance. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The transporting platform according to claim 1, wherein three top fittings are arranged on the upper part of each transverse beam, two of which are arranged at two ends of the transverse beam respectively. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The transporting platform according to claim 4, wherein the other top fitting, which is arranged in the middle portion of the transverse beam, keeps a predetermine center distance to one of the top fittings arranged at the ends of the same transverse beam. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The transporting platform according to claim 1, wherein four top fittings are arranged on the upper part of each transverse beam, two of which are arranged at two ends of the transverse beam respectively. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The transporting platform according to claim 6, wherein the other two top fittings are separated by a predetermine center distance. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The transporting platform according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding bottom corner fittings arranged respectively on the pair of transverse beams are aligned with each other, while the corresponding top fittings arranged respectively on the pair of transverse beams are aligned with each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The transporting platform according to claim 1, further comprising one or more reinforcing members arranged between the transverse beams and/or the longitudinal beams. ### Claim 10 A transporting module for stacking non-standard containers on standard containers or on standardized container transporting equipment, comprising a plurality of transporting platforms, each transporting platform including a pair of transverse beams and a pair of longitudinal beams arranged between the transverse beams respectively, wherein, each transverse beam comprises at least one top fitting, arranged on the upper part of the transverse beam for fitting the bottom corner fitting of the non-standard container; and a pair of bottom corner fittings, arranged on the lower part of the transverse beam, and having a center distance therebetween corresponding to the center distance between the corner fittings along the width direction of the standard container, wherein, when in working state, the at least one top fitting on one transporting platform is separated from the at least one top fitting on the adjacent transporting platform by a center distance corresponding to the center distance between the corner fittings along width direction of the non-standard container. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The transporting module according to claim 10, wherein the transverse beam has a length corresponding to the width of the standard container, while the longitudinal beam has a length corresponding to the length of the standard containers. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The transporting module according to claim 10, wherein said plurality of transporting platforms includes a first transporting platform provided with three top fittings on each transverse beam, wherein two top fittings are arranged at two ends of the transverse beam respectively while the other one is arranged in the middle portion of the transverse beam. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The transporting module according to claim 12, wherein said plurality of transporting platforms includes a second transporting platform provided with three top fittings on each transverse beam, wherein two top fittings are arranged at two ends of the transverse beam respectively while the other one is arranged in the middle portion of the transverse beam, wherein, the top fitting arranged in the middle portion is spaced apart from one of the top corner fittings arranged at the ends by a predefined center distance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The transporting module according to claim 13, wherein the first transporting platform is adjacent to the second transporting platform when in working state, one of the top fittings arranged at the ends of the transverse beam of the second transporting platform is spaced apart from the top fitting arranged in the middle portion of the corresponding transverse beam of the first transporting platform by a center distance corresponding to the center distance between the corner fittings along the width direction of the non-standard container. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The transporting module according to claim 13, wherein said plurality of transporting platforms includes a third transporting platform provided with four top fittings on each transverse beam, wherein two top fittings are arranged at two ends of the transverse beam respectively, while the other two are arranged in the middle portion of the transverse beam and keep a predefined center distance therebetween. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The transporting module according to claim 15, wherein the second transporting platform is adjacent to the third transporting platform when in working state, the top fitting arranged in the middle portion of the transverse beam of the second transporting platform is spaced apart from one of the top fittings arranged in the middle portion of the corresponding transverse beam of the third transporting platform by a distance corresponding to the center distance of the corner fittings along the width direction of the non-standard container.