Apparatus for supporting a vehicle inside a cargo container
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1. An apparatus for raising and supporting a vehicle within an enclosed cargo container having two opposite sides, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a pair of spaced apart vertical support posts, upstanding to a laterally displaceable upper end, each of the posts being individually positioned adjacent a relatively opposite side of the container to allow a vehicle to be received intervening therebetween;
at least one contact pad on each of the vertical support posts laterally facing the respective container side thereat;
a horizontal support platform, transversely positioned between the posts below a received vehicle and having two ends;
connectors at opposite ends of the horizontal support platform for connecting the horizontal support platform to the vertical support posts in a vertical displacement relation thereto; and
lift means for moving the connectors up and down the vertical support posts to raise and lower a vehicle on the horizontal support platform, wherein the horizontal support platform when raised spreads the upper ends of said posts and the contact pads thereon into contact against the sides of the cargo container thereat.
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Abstract
A vehicle is supported on a horizontal support platform extending between two frames. As a winch is driven, a pair of cables raise the horizontal support platform upward along the frames. As the platform is raised, contact pads of the frames press against the sides of the cargo container, providing additional strength to the apparatus.
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1. An apparatus for raising and supporting a vehicle within an enclosed cargo container having two opposite sides, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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a pair of spaced apart vertical support posts, upstanding to a laterally displaceable upper end, each of the posts being individually positioned adjacent a relatively opposite side of the container to allow a vehicle to be received intervening therebetween; at least one contact pad on each of the vertical support posts laterally facing the respective container side thereat; a horizontal support platform, transversely positioned between the posts below a received vehicle and having two ends; connectors at opposite ends of the horizontal support platform for connecting the horizontal support platform to the vertical support posts in a vertical displacement relation thereto; and lift means for moving the connectors up and down the vertical support posts to raise and lower a vehicle on the horizontal support platform, wherein the horizontal support platform when raised spreads the upper ends of said posts and the contact pads thereon into contact against the sides of the cargo container thereat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for raising and supporting a vehicle within an enclosed cargo container having two opposite sides, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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a pair of spaced apart vertical support posts, upstanding to a laterally displaceable upper end, each of the posts being individually positioned adjacent a relatively opposite side of the container to allow a vehicle to be received intervening therebetween; a contact pad on each of the vertical support posts laterally facing the respective container side thereat; a horizontal support platform transversely positioned between said posts below a received vehicle and having two ends; a connector at each end of the horizontal support platform for connecting the horizontal support platform to the vertical support posts in a vertical displacement relation thereto; and a winch for moving the connectors up and down the vertical support posts to raise and lower a vehicle on the horizontal support platform, wherein the horizontal support platform when raised spreads said posts and the contact pads thereon into contact against the sides of the cargo container. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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