US 2022/0185387 A1Published application

Systems and methods for protection of floorings in shipping containers

AssigneeTriton Container International Limited

InventorsHenry Eugene Heacox, H. Keith Hunt, Ricky Alleson Cribbs

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Abstract

An exemplary approach for protecting floorings in containers may utilize a first ledger attached to an upper portion of a first support beam associated with a foundational base assembly. A portion of the first ledger may protrude outward in a first horizontal direction from the upper portion of the first support beam. A second ledger may be attached to an upper portion of a second support beam next to the first support beam. A portion of the second ledger may protrude outward in a second horizontal direction from the upper portion of the second support beam. The second horizontal direction may face the first horizontal direction. A support panel may be placed on top of the portion of the first ledger and the portion of the second ledger. The support panel may have a length proximate to a distance between the first support beam and the second support beam.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a foundational base assembly comprising a plurality of support beams aligned parallel to each other, each support beam of the plurality of support beams including a top portion having a top beam surface, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, a first side wall between the bottom portion and the top portion, and a second side wall between the bottom portion and the top portion;
each support beam of a subset of the plurality of support beams including a first longitudinal ledger attached to the support beam and a second separate longitudinal ledger attached to the support beam, a first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger protruding outwardly from a first longitudinal portion of the first side wall, a second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger protruding outwardly from a second longitudinal portion of the second side wall, each of the first longitudinal ledger and the second longitudinal ledger having a longitudinal length;
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one or more support panels disposed between adjacent support beams of the subset of the plurality of support beams, each support panel of the one or more support panels having a top panel surface, each support panel of the one or more support panels disposed on top of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger of a first support beam of the subset of the plurality of support beams and on top of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger of a second support beam of the subset of the plurality of support beams, the second support beam being adjacent to the first support beam, the top beam surface of the top portion of each support beam of the subset of the plurality of support beams being approximately coplanar with the top panel surface of each support panel of the one or more support panels, each support panel having a first downwardly projecting bar between a first edge of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger and a second edge of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger and having a second downwardly projecting bar between a first edge of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger and a second edge of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger, a length of the first downwardly projecting bar and the second downwardly projecting bar being approximately equal to a distance between the first edge of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger and the second edge of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger, so that when the support panel is positioned over the first longitudinal ledger and the second longitudinal ledger the first downwardly projecting bar and the second downwardly projecting bar restrict movement of the support panel.

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A method comprising:

attaching a first longitudinal ledger to a first support beam of a plurality of support beams of a foundational base assembly, a first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger protruding outwardly from a first longitudinal portion of the first support beam, the first support beam including a first top portion having a first top beam surface, a first bottom portion opposite the first top portion, a first side wall between the first bottom portion and the first top portion, and a second side wall between the first bottom portion and the first top portion;
attaching a second longitudinal ledger to a second support beam of the plurality of support beams of the foundational base assembly, a second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger protruding outwardly from a second longitudinal portion of the second support beam, the second support beam including a second top portion having a second top beam surface, a second bottom portion opposite the second top portion, a first side wall between the second bottom portion and the second top portion, and a second side wall between the second bottom portion and the second top portion, each of the first longitudinal ledger and the second longitudinal ledger having a longitudinal length;
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disposing a support panel on top of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger of the first support beam and the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger of the second support beam, the support panel having a top panel surface, the first support beam being adjacent to the second support beam, the first longitudinal ledger of the first support beam extending outwardly towards the second longitudinal ledger of the second support beam, the top panel surface of the support panel being approximately coplanar with the first top surface of the first top portion of the first support beam and the second top surface of the second top portion of the second support beam, each support panel having a first downwardly projecting bar between a first edge of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger and a second edge of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger and having a second downwardly projecting bar between a first edge of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger and a second edge of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger, a length of the first downwardly projecting bar and the second downwardly projecting bar being approximately equal to a distance between the first edge of the first outwardly protruding portion of the first longitudinal ledger and the second edge of the second outwardly protruding portion of the second longitudinal ledger, so that when the support panel is positioned over the first longitudinal ledger and the second longitudinal ledger the first downwardly projecting bar and the second downwardly projecting bar restrict movement of the support panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/684,116Filed 1 Mar 2022
Priority: 17 Jul 2014
Published: 16 Jun 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

B62D 25/20
Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for: floors or bottom sub-units
B23P 19/04
Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some…
B62D 25/2009
Floors or bottom sub-units: in connection with other superstructure subunits
B62D 25/2054
Floors or bottom sub-units: load carrying floors for commercial vehicles

Family

Application14/334,548Continuation · filed 17 Jul 2014
Application15/659,540Continuation · filed 25 Jul 2017
Application17/021,869Continuation · filed 15 Sep 2020
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