Unit load device and container for transporting cargo
OwnerRichard C. Hathaway, M. Kent Bridgesinventors
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Abstract
A unit load device includes a base having a top surface and a bottom surface spaced apart from the top surface to define a thickness of the base, a plurality of openings disposed within the thickness of the base in a plane generally parallel to the each of the top and bottom surfaces, plurality of corner posts and plurality of cross braces, and arrangement on the top surface of the base for positioning the at least one of plurality of corner posts and plurality of cross braces on the top surface in a plane being generally parallel to a plane of the top surface.
Claims20
A unit load device comprising:
- (a) a base having a top surface and a bottom surface spaced apart form said top surface to define a thickness of said base;
- (b) a plurality of openings disposed within said thickness of said base in a plane generally parallel to said each of said top and bottom surfaces;
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- (c) means disposed on said top surface for positioning at least one of plurality of corner posts and plurality of cross braces on said top surface in direct contact thereto, said at least one of said plurality of corner posts and said plurality of cross braces employed in combination with a cargo positioned for transport on said top surface.
A unit load device comprising:
- (a) a base having a top surface and a bottom surface spaced apart from said top surface to define a thickness of said base;
- (b) a peripheral lip upstanding on said top surface;
- (c) an elongated member disposed at each corner of said base in a plane generally transverse to each of said top and bottom surfaces, said elongated member having a hollow interior and a bottom portion;
- (d) a plurality of openings disposed within said thickness of said base in a plane generally parallel to said each of said top and bottom surfaces;
- (e) a quartet of elongated posts each of said quartet of elongated posts having a generally open end and an opposite generally closed end thereof sized and shaped so as to be received within said hollow interior of a respective elongated member;
- (f) plurality of braces, wherein at least one of said plurality of braces attaches at each end thereof to a pair of elongated posts disposed on one side of said base;
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- (g) means for attaching said each end of each brace to a side of a respective elongated post in each of detachable and secure manner.
A marine container comprising:
- (a) a shell defining a hollow interior of said container;
- (b) a pair of end doors mounted within end openings of said shell;
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- (c) a longitudinal recess provided in each end of said shell and sized to accommodate guide posts provided in container holds of marine vessels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.