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US 2018/0237216 A1Published application
Removable container shipping frame for vehicle
OwnerMatt Saerinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a removable frame system for transporting vehicles in a container. The frame system is be assembled in the container, the vehicles are loaded on the frame system, the container is shipped to the location, the vehicles are unloaded from the frame system, and the frame system is disassembled and returned to the manufacture or stored for later use.
Claims15
A removable frame system for supporting a vehicle for transport within a container comprising:
- a first pair of frame supports connected and stabilized by a first cross member;
- a second pair of frame supports opposite the first pair of frame supports and connected and stabilized by a first cross member;
- a first rail secured at a first end to one of the first pair of frame supports and secured at a second end to one of the second pair of frame supports;
- a second rail secured at a first end to one of the first pair of frame supports and secured at a second end to one of the second pair of frame supports;
- a first vehicle adaptor positioned from the first rail to the second rail;
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- a second vehicle adaptor positioned from the first rail to the second rail.
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A method of removable installing a frame system in a container for supporting a vehicle for transport comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first pair of frame supports in a container, wherein each of the first pair of frame supports comprise a plurality of first apertures along the length of each of the first pair of frame supports;
- connecting a first crossbar to each of the first pair of frame supports to stabilize the first pair of frame supports;
- positioning a second pair of frame supports in the container opposite the first pair of frame supports, wherein each of the second pair of frame supports comprise a plurality of second apertures along the length of each of the second pair of frame supports;
- connecting a second crossbar to each of the second pair of frame supports to stabilize the second pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a first end of a first rail on the first member of the first pair of frame supports;
- inserting a first fastener through the first end and into one or more of the plurality of first apertures to secure the first rail to the first member of the first pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a second end of a first rail on the first member of the second pair of frame supports;
- inserting a second fastener through the second end and into one or more of the plurality of second apertures to secure the first rail to the first member of the second pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a first end of a second rail on the second member of the first pair of frame supports;
- inserting a first fastener through the first end of a second rail and into one or more of the plurality of first apertures to secure the second rail to the second member of the first pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a second end of the second rail on the second member of the second pair of frame supports;
- inserting a second fastener through the second end of the second rail and into one or more of the plurality of second apertures to secure the second rail to the second member of the second pair of frame supports;
- positioning a first vehicle adaptor over the first end of a first rail and extending to the first end of a second rail;
- and
- positioning a second vehicle adaptor over the second end of a first rail and extending to the second end of a second rail.
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A method of transporting one or more vehicles using a removable frame system assembled in an existing transport container comprising the steps of:
- providing an existing container;
- installing a removable frame system in the existing container by
- positioning a first pair of frame supports in a container, wherein each of the first pair of frame supports comprise a plurality of first apertures along the length of each of the first pair of frame supports;
- connecting a first crossbar to each of the first pair of frame supports to stabilize the first pair of frame supports;
- positioning a second pair of frame supports in the container opposite the first pair of frame supports, wherein each of the second pair of frame supports comprise a plurality of second apertures along the length of each of the second pair of frame supports;
- connecting a second crossbar to each of the second pair of frame supports to stabilize the second pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a first end of a first rail on the first member of the first pair of frame supports;
- inserting a first fastener through the first end and into one or more of the plurality of first apertures to secure the first rail to the first member of the first pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a second end of a first rail on the first member of the second pair of frame supports;
- inserting a second fastener through the second end and into one or more of the plurality of second apertures to secure the first rail to the first member of the second pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a first end of a second rail on the second member of the first pair of frame supports;
- inserting a first fastener through the first end of a second rail and into one or more of the plurality of first apertures to secure the second rail to the second member of the first pair of frame supports;
- positioning at a second end of the second rail on the second member of the second pair of frame supports;
- inserting a second fastener through the second end of the second rail and into one or more of the plurality of second apertures to secure the second rail to the second member of the second pair of frame supports;
- positioning a first vehicle adaptor over the first end of a first rail and extending to the first end of a second rail;
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- positioning a second vehicle adaptor over the second end of a first rail and extending to the second end of a second rail;
- securing the removable frame system to the existing container by attaching the at least one of the first pair of frame supports, at least one of the second pair of frame supports or a combination thereof are attached to a wall of the container;
- attaching the at least one of the first pair of frame supports, at least one of the second pair of frame supports or a combination thereof are attached to a floor of the container or both;
- loading a first vehicle under the first vehicle adaptor and the second vehicle adaptor and positioning a second vehicle on the first vehicle adaptor and the second vehicle adaptor;
- transporting the existing container to a destination;
- unloading the first vehicle and the second vehicle;
- disassembling the removable frame system to form a disassembled removable frame system;
- and
- storing the disassembled removable frame system, shipping the disassembled removable frame system or storing the disassembled removable frame system and shipping the disassembled removable frame system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.