Heat and explosion resistant cargo container

An explosion resistant cargo container suitable for aircraft or seagoing vessels for containing the effects of a bomb explosion within the cargo container, comprising:

• a frame assembly;
• a plurality of panels mounted to said frame assembly, said plurality of panels including a top explosion resistant panel, a bottom explosion resistant panel, a plurality of explosion resistant side panels, and an explosion resistant flexible door panel having two side edges and a bottom edge, the plurality of panels mounted to said frame assembly having edges with which the flexible door panel mates, said edges with which the flexible door panel mates including an outboard doorpost, an inboard doorpost, and a bottom door sill, said side panels and flexible door panel each being formed of a plurality of explosion resistant sheets, each sheet of said plurality being formed of an explosion resistant, flexible, high tensile strength material, and said plurality of explosion resistant sheets having edges that are wrapped around and secured to an edge rod;
• an edge capturing rail segment wrapped around each said plurality of explosion resistant sheets over each edge rod, securing adjacent edges of said panels together;
• a plurality of fasteners, each fastener extending through two or more panels and an edge capturing rail segment;
• a latch configured to secure and release the flexible door panel, the latch disposed along an edge of each of the outboard doorpost, the inboard doorpost, and the bottom door sill;
• each of the two side edges and the bottom edge of the flexible door panel having a locking rail segment extending along a length thereof beyond the edge capturing rail segment and receivable by a corresponding hook within the latch of the outboard doorpost, the inboard doorpost, or the bottom door sill, respectively;
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• a detent bar on the latch, the detent bar configured to lock the locking rail segment of the two side edges and the bottom edge of the flexible door panel within the corresponding hook of the latch on the outboard doorpost, the inboard doorpost, and the bottom door sill, respectively.

An explosion resistant cargo container suitable for aircraft or seagoing vessels for containing the effects of a bomb explosion within the cargo container, comprising:

• a frame assembly;
• a plurality of panels mounted to said frame assembly, said plurality of panels including a top explosion resistant panel, a bottom explosion resistant panel, a plurality of explosion resistant side panels, and an explosion resistant flexible door panel having two side
• edges and a bottom edge, the two side edges of the flexible door panel mating with corresponding edges of the side panels of the container including an outboard doorpost and an inboard doorpost, and the bottom edge of the flexible door panel mating with a corresponding
• bottom door sill, said side panels and flexible door panel each being formed of a plurality of explosion resistant sheets, each sheet of said plurality being formed of an explosion resistant, flexible, high tensile strength material, said plurality of explosion resistant sheets having edges that are wrapped around and secured to an edge rod;
• an edge capturing rail segment wrapped around each said plurality of explosion resistant sheets over each edge rod, securing adjacent edges of said panels together;
• a plurality of fasteners, each fastener extending through two or more panels and an edge capturing rail segment;
• a latch configured to secure and release the flexible door panel, the latch disposed along an edge of each of the outboard doorpost, the inboard doorpost, and the bottom door sill;
• each of the two side edges and the bottom edge of the flexible door panel having a locking rail segment extending along a length thereof beyond the edge capturing rail segment and receivable by a corresponding hook within the latch of the outboard doorpost, the inboard doorpost, or the bottom door sill, respectively;
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• a detent bar on the latch, the detent bar configured to lock the locking rail segment of the two side edges and the bottom edge of the flexible door panel within the corresponding hook of the latch on the outboard doorpost, the inboard doorpost, and the bottom door sill, respectively.