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US 4,151,925 AGranted
Flatrack container
AssigneePullman Incorporated
InventorJohn J. Glassmeyer
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Abstract
A flatrack container for container loads has a pair of bulkhead assemblies at either end of a load platform, with each of the bulkhead assemblies including a telescoping assembly carrying stacking and lifting fittings being vertically adjustable so that the fittings can be positioned at any desired vertical position. One of the bulkhead assemblies is pivotally mounted so that it may be swung to the ground to serve as a drive-on ramp to aid in loading the container.
Claims10
A flatrack container comprising
- a generally horizontal load platform for receiving a load thereon;
- a generally vertical bulkhead assembly upstanding from each end of the load platform;
- a pair of hollow corner posts at each side of each of the bulkhead assemblies;
- an elevating mechanism mounted in each of the bulkhead assemblies;
- a vertical threaded rod extending upward from each of the elevating mechanisms;
- a crank handle attached to each of the elevating mechanisms;
- a telescoping assembly received in each of the bulkhead assemblies, each telescoping assembly including a center post depending from the center thereof and a pair of telescoping corner posts each received within one of the corner posts of the respective bulkhead assembly;
- a threaded fitting secured inside the center post and threaded on the threaded post so that operation of the elevating mechanism by the crank handle adjusts the vertical position of the telescoping assembly;
- a pair of upper corner fittings on each telescoping assembly provided with securement holes for use in lifting and stacking the container;
- locking means to lock the telescoping assembly in the vertical position to which it is adjusted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.