Modified end face panel for a flexible insert for a container and tensioning method

A method, comprising:

• firstly, extending a strap locked to a first corner cargo ring of a container in a first diagonal direction to a ring centrally positioned in a door opening of the container and threading the strap through the central ring,
• secondly, extending the strap in a second diagonal direction to a second corner cargo ring of the container and threading the strap through the second corner cargo ring,
• thirdly, extending the strap in a direction opposite to the second diagonal direction to the central ring and threading the strap through the central ring,
• fourthly, extending the strap in a direction opposite to the first diagonal direction to the first corner ring and threading the strap through the first corner ring, and either:
• (1) fifthly, extending the strap in the first diagonal direction to the central ring, threading the strap through the central ring, further extending the strap in the first diagonal direction to a third corner cargo ring, and threading the strap through the third corner cargo ring, and
• pulling on the strap threaded through the third corner cargo ring to a selected tension and then fixing the selected tension by locking the strap in place with a locking device that locks one diagonally extended part of the strap to a facing diagonally extended part of the strap, or
• (2) fifthly extending the strap in a vertical direction to a third corner cargo ring, threading the strap through the third corner cargo ring, extending the strap in an opposite vertical direction to the first corner cargo ring, threading the strap through the first corner cargo ring, and
• pulling on the strap threaded through the first corner cargo ring to a selected tension and then fixing the selected tension by locking the strap in place with a locking device that locks one vertically extended part of the strap to a facing vertically extended part of the strap.

A modified end panel for a flexible liner or insert to minimize outward bulging adjacent a container end door when the container is filled with a bulk cargo by strapping the end panel, comprising:

• an end panel;
• a strap sewn or otherwise attached to at least a first bottom corner of the end panel of the flexible liner or insert and extending or at least extendable from the first bottom corner of the end panel diagonally up to a middle area of the end panel and down to a second bottom corner where the strap is at least sewn or otherwise attached to the second bottom corner, forming a triangle with an unsewn or unattached top apex forming an opening that acts as a central ring;
• and
• a single strap having a first end locked to a first upper corner ring of the container, extending diagonally downwardly through the central ring, then diagonally upwardly to an opposite side second upper corner ring of the container, passing therethrough and diagonally downwardly through the central ring and diagonally upwardly through the first upper corner ring, then in a final leg diagonally downwardly through the central ring and further downwardly through a bottom corner ring of the container positioned under the second upper corner ring with a second end of the strap passing through the bottom corner ring and being engageable by a removable tensioning device,
• wherein portions of the single strap that extend upwardly and downwardly relative to the first upper corner ring have a plurality of linearly arranged openings, such that once the strap is tensioned by the mechanical tensioning device, a locking device is passed through at least one facing pair of openings, for maintaining the strap in the tensioned condition, after the mechanical tensioning device is removed.

A method, comprising:

• extending a strap locked to a first upper corner cargo ring of a container downwardly in a diagonal direction to a ring centrally positioned in a door opening of the container and threading the strap through the central ring,
• extending the strap upwardly in a diagonal direction to a second upper corner cargo ring of the container and threading the strap through the second upper corner cargo ring,
• extending the strap downwardly in a diagonal direction to the central ring and threading the strap through the central ring,
• extending the strap upwardly in a diagonal direction to the first upper corner ring and threading the strap through the first upper corner ring, and either:
• (1) extending the strap downwardly in a diagonal direction to the central ring, threading the strap through the central ring, extending the strap downwardly in a diagonal direction to a bottom corner cargo ring, and threading the strap through the bottom corner cargo ring, and
• pulling on the strap threaded through the bottom corner cargo ring to a selected tension and then fixing the selected tension by locking the strap in place with a locking device that locks one diagonally extended part of the strap to a facing diagonally extended part of the strap, or
• (2) extending the strap downwardly in a vertical direction to a bottom corner cargo ring, threading the strap through the bottom corner cargo ring, extending the strap upwardly in the vertical direction to the first upper corner ring, threading the strap through the first upper corner cargo ring, and
• pulling on the strap threaded through the first upper corner cargo ring to a selected tension and then fixing the selected tension by locking the strap in place with a locking device that locks one vertically extended part of the strap to a facing vertically extended part of the strap.

A modified end panel, comprising:

• an end panel for insertion in a shipping container in a door opening of the shipping container;
• a pull ring attached to the end panel positioned as a central pull ring that when pulled by tensioning straps causes the end panel to push back against bulging of the end panel by cargo in the container abutting the end panel and pushing against the end panel from inside the container;
• and
• a single strap having a first end locked to a first upper corner ring of the container, extending diagonally downwardly through the central pull ring, then diagonally upwardly to an opposite side second upper corner ring of the container, passing therethrough and diagonally downwardly through the central pull ring and diagonally upwardly through the first upper corner ring, then in a final leg diagonally downwardly through the central pull ring and further downwardly through a bottom corner ring of the container positioned under the second upper corner ring with a second end of the strap passing through the bottom corner ring and being engageable by a removable tensioning device,
• wherein portions of the single strap that extend upwardly and downwardly relative to the first upper corner ring have a plurality of linearly arranged openings, such that once the strap is tensioned by the mechanical tensioning device, a locking device is passed through at least one facing pair of openings, for maintaining the strap in the tensioned condition, after the mechanical tensioning device is removed.

A modified end panel, comprising:

• an end panel for insertion in a shipping container in a door opening of the shipping container;
• a pull ring attached to the end panel positioned as a central pull ring that when pulled by tensioning straps causes the end panel to push back against bulging of the end panel by cargo in the container abutting the end panel and pushing against the end panel from inside the container,
• a first strap sewn or otherwise attached to the panel and extending between a first pair of diagonally opposite corners of the panel:
• a second strap sewn or otherwise attached to the panel and extending between a second pair of diagonally opposite corners of the panel so as to crisscross the first strap in a central area of the panel;
• and
• a third strap attachable to one of the corners of the panel, that when attached extends beyond the one corner that it is attached to,
• wherein the central pull ring is attached to the end panel where the first strap crisscrosses the second strap, and
• wherein the third strap is threadable through a first container cargo ring and is extendable downwardly to the pull ring and upwardly to a second container cargo ring and back in a reverse move for further tensioning and securement with one of the previous extensions of the same third strap.

A modified end panel, comprising:

• an end panel for insertion in a shipping container in a door opening of the shipping container;
• a pull ring attached to the end panel positioned as a central pull ring that when pulled by tensioning straps causes the end panel to push back against bulging of the end panel by cargo in the container abutting the end panel and pushing against the end panel from inside the container,
• a first strap sewn or otherwise attached to the panel and extending between a first pair of diagonally opposite corners of the panel:
• a second strap sewn or otherwise attached to the panel and extending between a second pair of diagonally opposite corners of the panel so as to crisscross the first strap in a central area of the panel;
• and
• a third strap attachable to one of the corners of the panel, that when attached extends beyond the one corner that it is attached to,
• wherein the central pull ring is attached to the end panel where the first strap crisscrosses the second strap, and
• wherein the third strap is threadable through a first container cargo ring and extendable in a first segment diagonally downwardly to and threadable through the pull ring, diagonally upwardly in a second segment to a second cargo ring and threadable through the second cargo ring, diagonally downwardly in a third segment to and threadable through the pull ring, diagonally upwardly in a fourth segment toward the first cargo ring and tensionable toward the first cargo ring, the fourth segment securable to the first segment under tension with a locking device.