Apparatus for storing automobiles inside maritime containers

Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle

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220 15, 410 12, 414228, B60P 308

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051102420

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BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing vehicles inside maritime containers.


BACKGROUND ART

Several devices have been designed in the past to fit as many vehicles as possible inside maritime containers. The dimensions of these containers are limited by the regulations in many countries where there are minimum clearance laws for bridges and overpasses. These containers are typically loaded on trucks that are required to meet these regulations if the national highways are going to be used.
The closest reference is U.S. Pat. No. 3,675,795 issued to Herbert Dluky in 1972. However, that invention can only store three vehicles inside a container with angled ramps.
Other patents describing the closest subject matter provide for a number of more or less complicated features that fail to solve the problem in an efficient and economical way. None of these patents suggest the novel features of the present invention.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is one of the main objects of the present invention to provide an apparatus to be used in conjunction with maritime containers for the volumetrically efficient storage and transportation of vehicles and other commodities.
It is another object of this invention to provide an apparatus capable of securely double stacking vehicles within a maritime container.
It is yet another object of this present invention to provide such a device that is inexpensive to manufacture and maintain while retaining its effectiveness.
Further objects of the invention will be brought out in the following part of the specification, wherein detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing the invention without placing limitations thereon.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

With the above and other related objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 represents a side elevational view of the present invention showing two vehicles being loaded in a maritime container with the lateral wall of the container removed.
FIG. 1a illustrates a partial cross-sectional view taken along line 1a--1a in FIG. 1.
FIG. 2 shows the representation of FIG. 1 with four vehicles inside a maritime container and the vehicles are tied down.
FIG. 3 illustrates a top view of the container incorporating the present invention with the top wall of the container removed.
FIG. 4 is a representation in perspective of an embodiment of the platform in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an end view of this invention showing two manners for tying down the vehicles.
FIG. 6 is a fluids collection pan removably mountable to the platform shown in FIG. 4.
FIG. 7 shows the slidable sleeve and elongated member of the locking mechanism as it attaches to one of the corners of the platform.
FIG. 8 shows the strap used for the vehicles stored at the top.
FIG. 9 shows a preferred embodiment of the mechanism used to tie down the vehicles to the floor.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring now to FIG. 1 and 2, where the present invention is generally referred to with numeral 10, it can be observed that it basically includes platform member 20 that extends throughout substantially the entire length of container C and it is housed therein.
Conveniently, containers C as referred, in the present application, are 12 m. or 40 ft. long, 2.896 m. or 91/2 feet high and 2.3 m. or 96 inches wide, which are amongst the largest populations of maritime containers in use at the present time. All containers C have a floor F, four bottom frame members B, four top frame members T and four corner posts P. Most of them have side walls and roofs. The floor F of containers C is rigidly secured to bottom frame members B. Preferably, platform 20 includes four corners, two long lateral sides 21 and two short end sides 23. Eight depression areas 22' including bottom surfaces 22, intended for supporting t

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