Apparatus for use in loading shipping containers
AssigneeJaxal Industries Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul MCKENZIE, Luke CRAKER, Jon Louie CAMINERO
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Abstract
A connector (10) for use in loading a container (100) onto a vehicle having a flat-bed tray (40). The container (10) has a connection point (102) at a lower corner thereof. The connector (10) includes a body (12) and a releasable attachment portion (14). The releasable attachment portion (14) is configured to enable the connector (10) to be releasably attached to the connection point (102). The connector (10) is releasably attachable at only one lower corner of the container (100) at a time.
Claims20
-61. (canceled)
A connector for releasable securement to an opening in a corner fitting of a shipping container, the connector comprising:
- a body with an attachment portion extending therefrom, the attachment portion configured to be received in the opening of the corner fitting;
- and
- a locking device actuable between and locking position and a retracted position, the locking device having a portion configured for insertion into the opening alongside the attachment portion,
- wherein the body is movable between a first condition in which the attachment portion can be inserted into the opening and a second condition in which the attachment portion cannot be removed through the opening, and
- wherein, when in the locking position, the locking device is configured to prevent removal of the attachment portion from the opening once the locking device has been received in the opening.
An apparatus including:
- first and second connectors, each according to claim 1;
- and
- a flexible elongate member configured to connect the first and second connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.