Container lifting device
OwnerRodney P. Ehrlichinventor
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Abstract
Freight container construction having opposing body side panels, adapted for lifting by an overhead crane includes lifting support structures which are exteriorly secured to and transfer the lifting load to the panels. Couplers formed on the lifting support structures are disposed exteriorly adjacent to the panels which bear the lifting load.
Claims11
A lifting support structure for mounting on a freight container having opposite side wall panels, which is to be coupled and lifted by an overhead crane, said support structure comprising:
- a base for securement to an exterior surface of one of said side wall panels and transfer of lifting load thereto, and a pocket means secured to said base and extending outwardly therefrom for receiving a coupling member from the crane without any structure projecting interior to said side wall panel, further comprising a landing pad means for supporting a linkage portion of said crane prior to said coupling member reception wherein said landing pad means is removably mounted on said lifting support structure.
A lifting support structure for mounting on a freight container having opposite side wall panels, which is to be coupled and lifted by an overhead crane, said support structure comprising:
- a base for securement to an exterior surface of one of said side wall panels and transfer of lifting load thereto, coupling means secured to said base and extending outwardly therefrom for receiving a coupling member from the crane without any structure projecting interior to said side wall panel, further comprising a landing pad means for supporting a linkage portion of said crane prior to said coupling member reception wherein said landing pad is removably mounted on said lifting support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.