Lifting lug for shipping containers

A lifting lug for attaching a choker cable to a standardized shipping cargo container having an upright lift slot, comprising:

• an elongated bar extending between first and second ends;
• integral mounting means at the first bar end for mounting a choker cable;
• a pivot shank rigidly fixed to the bar at the second end and projecting to one side thereof;
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• elongated keeper means shaped complementary to the upright lift slot of the container and rigidly affixed to the pivot shank for reception within the lift slot of the cargo container and for locking within the slot in a horizontal orientation, transverse to the lift slot upon pivotal motion of the bar in response to lifting force being applied to the cable and for unlocking the lug from the cargo container upon pivotal motion of the bar to a second prescribed angular relationship with the container in response to lifting force being removed from the cable.

A lifting lug for attaching a cargo choker cable to a shipping cargo container having elongated lift lug receiving slots, comprising:

• a rigid elongated bar extending between a first end and a second end;
• means at the first bar end for mounting a choker cable;
• and
• cargo container engaging keeper means rigidly affixed at the second bar end for reception within a lug receiving slot of a cargo container and for locking in a transverse orientation within the slot and with the bar in alignment with the attached choker cable when the choker cable is tensioned to lift the cargo container.