Container, in particular for transporting freight by air
AssigneeSwiss Aluminium Ltd.
InventorGerhard Mittelmann
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Abstract
A freight container is disclosed which can be used for transporting stackable items and hanging items. The container is particularly stable and features at least one section which contributes to the load-bearing frame, runs transversely and features an undercut groove in which sliding fixtures of flexible supports for hanging the hanging items can be inserted and, if desired, can be fixed at a predetermined spacing. A strut section with both ends attached to the base of the container and a vertical strut attached to the upper part of the frame or to a load-bearing section can be released from the frame at least at one end and secured to a profiled section in the upper part of the container.
Claims11
A freight container for transporting hanging items and/or stackable items having a floor and a load supporting structural frame secured thereto, said frame including a plurality of load bearing rods running above said floor, the improvement comprising at least one support rod pivotably mounted on said frame and movable from a first load bearing position where said at least one support rod extends from said frame to said floor in a direction substantially perpendicular to said load bearing rods to a second non-load bearing position where said at least one support rod is substantially parallel to said load bearing rods wherein said at least one support rod is in said first position when transporting hanging items such that said at least one support rod aids in supporting said plurality of load bearing rods when said load bearing rods carry the hanging items wherein said at least one support rod is provided on the free end thereof with means for releaseably fixing said at least one support rod to said floor when said at least one support rod is in said first position and to said frame when said at least one support rod is in said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.