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Automobile loading rack and method for loading into containers

  • US 4,911,590 A
  • Filed: 05/25/1988
  • Issued: 03/27/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of loading automobiles into a standard intermodal, dry cargo shipping container, comprising:

  • (a) installing at one end on the floor of the container, a removable automobile-supporting rack having a tiltable ramp, one end of which is hingedly supported on said rack spaced above the floor of the container by more than the height of an automobile, and the other end of which is adjacent such floor,(b) rolling a first automobile onto the floor of the container and then from the floor of the container onto said ramp,(c) lifting said other end of said ramp bearing said first automobile to and securing it in a generally horizontal position,(d) rolling a second automobile onto the floor of the container under said ramp bearing said first automobile; and

    (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) sequentially to the other end of the container to fill the container with stacks of two automobiles each.

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