Abstract:
A method for using an industrial shipping rack, including connecting structural members and fasteners to form racks, loading and shipping the racks, unloading the racks, nondestructively disassembling the racks back into structural members and fasteners, and storing the structural members and the fasteners for reuse. Other aspects include receiving industrial/shipping rack designs, locating the racks in shipping containers, placing parcels on the at racks, removing the parcels from the racks, constructing the racks using brackets, converting rack specifications based on inventories, and using thin-walled, metal tubing.
Abstract:
A container having a battery and one or more active systems for maintaining temperature or other characteristics of goods stored within the container relies on a battery to maintain those active systems during transit. The size of the battery required for such applications may be reduced by providing access to external power during a shipment cycle. For example, shelves within transit vehicles or warehouses can supply electricity to the active systems via a wireless or wired connection, or they may recharge the container's battery, or both. The container may also have data bridging capabilities that use short range wireless technology to communicate with nearby devices that have access to other data streams, such as GPS data and internet connectivity. When bridged with a provider, the container may have access to new data streams, or may be able to disable internal devices providing those same data streams to conserve power.
Abstract:
A container rollout warehousing system is contemplated that includes at least two inter-connectable modular platforms with each platform having at least one roller at one end. The two or more platforms are inter-connectable such that the central longitudinal axis of the platforms are collinear and the two or more platforms are also vertically stackable in a spaced apart relationship to receive cargo therebetween.
Abstract:
The present invention is a system for transporting and storing construction materials for a job site using a tractor trailer having a plurality of openings, a container having a frame carrying support feet for being received into the tractor trailer openings, a plurality of attachment points carried by the frame on the floor of the interior of the container, a plurality of shelves carried by the interior of the container; and a door carried by the container having a lock.
Abstract:
A vehicle includes a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment separated by a floor structure, and a cargo unit including a storage rack arrangement and a transport arrangement operable for selectively transporting objects between the storage rack arrangement and a predetermined transfer position in a cavity of the cargo unit. The transport arrangement includes a conveying apparatus including a table unit movable along a vertical transport path, and the vehicle includes a mounting means adapted for securing the cargo unit in a predetermined operating position inside the cargo compartment, in which an access aperture in an upper cover of the cargo unit is disposed in alignment with a through hole in the floor structure. A lift apparatus including a gripping device is operable to convey objects from the transfer position through the access aperture and the through hole between the cargo compartment and the passenger compartment.
Abstract:
A an intermodal container comprising: a first post; a second post; a third post; a fourth post; a floor drain hole located in one of the posts; an outlet drain hole located in one of the posts; a floor attached to the first, second, third, and fourth posts, the floor comprising: a front floor beam; a first side floor beam; a second side floor beam; a rear floor beam; a floor grating permanently attached to the top surface of at least two of the floor beams; at least one floor plate permanently attached to the bottom sides of the front, first side, second side, and rear floor beams, the beams and at least one floor plate forming a floor container, and the floor drain hole in fluid communication with the floor container, and generally at the same elevation as the interior of the floor container, and the outlet drain hole located at an elevation below the floor drain hole and the floor container, the floor container in fluid communication with the interior of the post with the floor drain hole and also in fluid communication with the interior of the post with the outlet drain hole.
Abstract:
A support device (100) for carrying an inner load holder (50/60) in use within an outer transport and storage container (10). The device includes a base member (101, 102, 103, 105) for being secured or securable to a floor (16) of the outer container, having at least one formation (104) for restraining lateral movements of the inner load holder relative to the device in a plane generally parallel to the floor. The device further includes a mechanism (108) for releasably restraining said inner load holder in a direction perpendicular to said floor or base, wherein said mechanism includes at least one sliding bolt member (110) for selectively engaging with a complementary feature (62) of the inner load holder and when so engaged, providing said restraining.
Abstract:
The present invention is a system for transporting and storing construction materials for a job site using a trailer having a plurality of openings, a container having a frame carrying support feet for being received into the trailer openings, a plurality of attachment points carried by the frame on the floor of the interior of the container, a plurality of shelves carried by the interior of the container; and a door carried by the container having a lock.
Abstract:
A load equalizing pallet apparatus for transporting a concentrated load and for use with load binders is disclosed and comprises a load equalizing base and a plurality of shoes. The base is constructed substantially out of wood, has a periphery and, in use, receives said load. The shoes are metal and, in use, are arranged about the periphery of the base and rigidly engaged thereto. Each shoe has a plurality of lugs, the lugs, in use, being engaged by said load binders to couple said load to said pallet.
Abstract:
A lower deck container for loading onto an aircraft has compartments for receiving one or more items of passenger luggage, for example a conventional suitcase. The compartment include opposing support surfaces spaced from one another so that an item of luggage to be stored in the compartments may span between said support surfaces. The spacing is configured for permitting the passage of a conveyor device which is used loading and unloading operations. Hence, the compartments define a vertical pathway for the passage of a loading/unloading device between the support surfaces (FIG. 2).