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US 4,046,345 AGranted
Retentive base for shipping cask
AssigneeTri-State Motor Transit Company
InventorGeorge F. Boyd, Sr.
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Abstract
A retentive base for large, heavy shipping casks of the type used to transport radioactive or nuclear material, the base including a plate adapted to be secured in a horizontal position on the bed of a supporting vehicle and a ring carried by the plate and having a vertical wall perpendicular to the plate, the cask being confined within the ring, there being engaging posts within the confines of the ring, and means for shifting the ring and certain of the posts carried thereby to retentively engage the cask and prevent movement thereof during transportation.
Claims8
A retentive base for a shipping cask comprising:
- a plate adapted to be secured in a horizontal position on the bed of a supporting vehicle;
- a ring carried by said plate and receiving said cask within the confines thereof, said ring having a vertical sidewall perpendicular to said plate, said sidewall being transversely split whereby to present a pair of opposed, free end lips, said sidewall having an upper and a lower edge, the major portion of said lower edge of said sidewall being directly affixed to said plate;
- means on said ring and within the confines thereof for retentively engaging the cask;
- and
- means for shifting certain of said engaging means into and out of engagement with said cask.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.