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US 2026/0035167 A1Published application
Container for Cargo
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMitchell Loren Ray Mellor, Douglas Alan Brown
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Abstract
A container to contain cargo. The container has a first side, a second side, and a wheel side. Wheels are connected to the wheel side. The container is selectively positionable between an upright orientation and a side orientation. The upright orientation positions the first side downward to contact a support surface and with the wheels spaced away from support surface. The side orientation comprises the first wheel side positioned downward towards the support surface and with the first side and the second side spaced away from the support surface.
Claims20
A container comprising:
- a top side and a bottom side;
- lateral sides that extend between the top side and the bottom side with at least one of the lateral sides comprising a wheel side and another one of the lateral sides comprising a door side;
- an interior space formed within the top side, the bottom side, and the lateral sides;
- a door at the door side and positionable between an open position and a closed position;
- wheels positioned at the wheel side;
- wherein the container is selectively positionable between an upright orientation and a side orientation;
- wherein the upright orientation comprises the bottom side positioned downward on a support surface, the door side in an upright orientation, and the wheel side positioned away from the support surface;
- wherein the side orientation comprises the wheel side positioned downward on the support surface and door side positioned away from the support surface;
- and
- wherein the door is configured to be in the open position in the upright orientation for loading the cargo and in the closed position in the side orientation to prevent escape of the cargo through the door side.
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A container comprising:
- a top side and a bottom side;
- lateral sides that extend between the top side and the bottom side with at least one of the lateral sides comprising a movement side and another one of the lateral sides comprising a door side;
- one or more of the top side, the bottom side, and the lateral sides comprising panels;
- an interior space formed within the top side, the bottom side, and the lateral sides;
- a door at the door side and positionable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein the container is selectively positionable between an upright orientation and a side orientation;
- wherein the upright orientation comprises the bottom side positioned downward on a support surface, the door side in an upright orientation, and the movement side positioned away from a support surface;
- wherein the side orientation comprises the movement side positioned downward on the support surface and door side positioned away from the support surface;
- and
- wherein the door is configured to be in the open position in the upright orientation for loading the cargo and in the closed position in the side orientation to prevent escape of the cargo through the door side.
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A container to contain cargo, the container comprising:
- a plurality of sides comprising a door side, a wheel side, and an adjacent side that shares an edge with the door side with the edge being open;
- a door comprising a shape and size that corresponds to the door side, the door selectively movable between a closed position and an open position that is away from the door side;
- an open interior space formed within the sides and sized to receive the cargo;
- wheels positioned at the wheel side;
- one or more retraction mechanisms connected to the wheels to selectively move the wheels between a retracted position and an extended position;
- wherein the retracted position locates the wheels inward from the wheel side and the extended position locates the wheels outward from the wheel side;
- and
- wherein the door is positioned along the edge between the door side and the adjacent side when the door is in the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.