Transport of palletized loads in containers
AssigneeAirflex Containers Limited
InventorChristopher D. D. Hickey
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Abstract
For transporting palletized loads in a container, such as a standard shipping container, a pallet securing kit is provided comprising flanged members which are held against two side walls of the container by an end spreader bar and are held down on the base of the container by adjustable struts so that a loaded pallet or pallets may be slid along the floor with its peripheral edges retained under flanges on said flanged members, the pallets being secured by a closure member fitted between the flanged members to hold the pallet or pallets in position.
Claims13
Pallet-securing means for fitting within a container of predetermined dimensions and rectangular in plan to secure therein one or more pallets of predetermined dimensions, which pallet-securing means comprise flanged members adapted to extend along the length of the floor of the container on each side thereof with the flanges extending inwardly towards one another above floor level, which flanges are at a height above the floor level to permit of a pallet or pallets sliding under a flange on each flanged member to be retained against upward movement thereby, a first cross-member adapted to be inserted between the flanged members at one end of the container to hold the flanged members against the respective side walls of the container, props arranged between each flanged member and a respective pad or pads adapted for bearing against the roof of the container for holding the flanged member down onto the floor of the container and at least one closure element adapted to be secured between the flanged members to form a second cross-member spaced from said first cross-member.
A container having a floor, side walls and roof and rectangular in plan in combination with pallet-securing means for fitting within the container to secure therein one or more pallets or predetermined dimensions, which pallet-securing means comprise flanged members adapted to extend along the length of the floor of the container on each side thereof with the flanges extending inwardly towards one another above floor level, which flanges are at a height above the floor level to permit of a pallet or pallets sliding under a flange on each flanged member to be retained against upward movement thereby, a first cross-member adapted to be inserted between the flanged members at one end of the container to hold the flanged members against the respective side walls of the container, props arranged between each flanged member and a respective pad or pads adapted for bearing against the roof of the container for holding the flanged member down onto the floor of the container and at least one closure element adapted to be secured between the flanged members to form a second cross-member spaced from said first cross-member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.