Modular shipping apparatus and system

• US 9,499,334 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cargo Cube Systems, Llc
• Original Assignee: Cargo Cube Systems, Llc
• Inventors: Disorbo, Aldo
• Primary Examiner(s): Reynolds, Steven A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pagan, Javier A
• Application Number:
  US14/973,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20160101931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/435 the ramp being attached to or making part of the side- or tailboards of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/44 having a loading platform thereon raising the load to the level of the load-transporting element vehicles with special provisions for invalids comprising means for loading or unloading invalid conveyances A61G3/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/12 specially adapted for transport associated with vehicles, see the relevant subclasses of B60 - B64
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/129 Transporter frames for containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/0066 Partition walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/008 Doors for containers, e.g. ISO-containers locking E05B83/12
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/02 Wall construction arrangements of leakage-indicating devices comprising hollow spaces within walls B65D90/501; arrangements of leakage-indicating devices comprising porous spaces or porous layers in walls B65D90/505; arrangements of leakage-indicating devices comprising electrically conductive layers in walls B65D90/513
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/08 Interconnections of wall parts; Sealing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/18 Castors, rolls, or the like; e.g. detachable castors in general B60B

Abstract

A cargo container system, comprising: a base; at least four end frame supports attached substantially perpendicular to the base and having a substantially closed square portion with four sides and having outer extensions extending from two of the four sides and an additional support extending from the junction of the remaining two of the four sides of the substantially closed square portion, the additional support having two substantially L-shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions and each of the at least four end frame supports having a corner support that is substantially parallel to the junction; at least three panels having two S-shaped ends, with at least one S-shaped end interposed between one of the two substantially L-Shaped portions; at least three rectangular frames removably attached to a corner support; a top; at least one door attached to one of the outer extensions.

Claims

1. A cargo container system, comprising:

a base;

at least four end frame supports attached substantially perpendicular to the base, wherein each of the end frame supports has a substantially closed square portion with four sides and having outer extensions extending from two of the four sides and an additional support extending from a junction of the remaining two of the four sides of the substantially closed square portion, wherein the additional support has two substantially L-shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions and each of the at least four end frame supports having a corner support that is substantially parallel to the junction;

at least three panels, wherein each of the panels has two S-shaped ends and at least one of the two S-shaped ends is interposed between one of the two substantially L-Shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions;

at least three rectangular frames each being removably attached to a corner support;

a top attached to the at least three rectangular frames; and

at least one door, each at least one door attached by at least one hinge to one of the outer extensions of one of the at least four closed end frame supports.

2. A cargo container system as in claim 1, wherein the two S-shaped ends are shorter than a side portion of the panel.

3. A cargo container system as in claim 1, further comprising a ratchet extension extending from the corner support.

4. A cargo container system as in claim 1, further comprising a female threaded hole, for receipt of a corresponding screw, between the two substantially L-shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions and a brace having a hole at a first end and a hole at a second end, wherein a first screw is inserted through the hole at the first end and into a female threaded hole of one of the at least four end frame supports and a second screw is inserted through the hole at the second end and into a female threaded hole of another one of the at least four end frame supports.

5. A cargo container system as in claim 1, further comprising at least one center support attached to the base between two of the at least four end frame supports, wherein the center support has a closed square center portion with four sides and four corners and center extensions extending from each of the four corners of the closed square center portion, two partially open rectangular portions each between two center extensions and having an opening on a side away from the closed square center portion for the receipt of one of the two S-shaped ends of one of the panels.

6. A cargo container as in claim 5, further comprising two substantially L-shaped portions that each extend from one of the four corners and are substantially perpendicular to the center extensions, wherein the two substantially L-Shaped portions are faced in opposing directions.

7. A cargo container as in claim 5, further comprising a partition having a top, bottom, a first side and a second side, wherein one of the first side and the second side is between and supported in an upright position by the two substantially L-shaped portions.

8. A cargo container as in claim 7, further comprising a header support attached to the at least one center support at an end opposite the base and below the top and in communication with the top.

9. A cargo container as in claim 5, further comprising a center support female threaded hole for receipt of a corresponding screw in at least one of the two partially open rectangular portions and a brace having a hole at a first end and a hole at a second end, wherein a first screw is inserted through the hole at the first end and into a center support female threaded hole and a second screw is inserted through the hole at the second end and into a female threaded hole of another center support.

10. A cargo container system as in claim 1, wherein each base has at least two open bottom rectangular spaces and at least one wheel assembly is attached in each of the at least two open bottom rectangular spaces;

wherein each base has a center portion and a first open bottom channel between the center portion and a left open top rectangular portion and a second open bottom channel between the center portion and a right open top rectangular portions.

11. A cargo container of claim 10, further comprising:

at least two tracks attached to a bottom interior of a shipping container, wherein at least a portion of each of the at least one wheel assemblies slides along one of the at least two tracks.

12. A cargo container system as in claim 11, wherein the at least one wheel assembly is a V-groove wheel assembly.

13. A cargo container system as in claim 11, further comprising:

at least two tracks attached to a bottom interior of a shipping container, wherein at least a portion of each of the at least one wheel assemblies slides along one of the at least two tracks.

14. A cargo container as in claim 10, wherein each of the at least one wheel assemblies is an open bottom rectangle having a left side, a right side and a top side with at least two wheels rotatably attached to the left side and the right side and the top side attached to one of the at least two open bottom rectangular spaces.

15. A cargo container system as in claim 14, wherein each of the at least two tracks are V-shaped tracks.

16. A cargo container system as in claim 14, further comprising a pulley system assembly attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container and aligned with a center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion opening, wherein a portion of the pulley system assembly threads the center portion opening.

17. A cargo container as in claim 10, wherein each of the at least two open bottom rectangular spaces are formed by an open top rectangular portion and a substantially open top rectangular portion with an outer side and an inner side, the outer side having a greater height than the inner side and a lip extending towards the center portion.

18. A cargo container as in claim 17, further comprising at least one support on top of the at least two open bottom rectangular spaces and retained by the lip extending towards the center portion of two opposed substantially open top rectangular portions.

19. A cargo container system as in claim 1, wherein the at least three rectangular frames extend above the corner support and the at least three panels.

20. A cargo container system as in claim 1, wherein each base has a center portion and a first open bottom channel between the center portion and a left open top rectangular portion and a second open bottom channel between the center portion and a right open top rectangular portions.

21. A cargo container system, comprising:

a base wherein each base has at least two open bottom rectangular spaces and at least one wheel assembly is attached in each of the at least two open bottom rectangular spaces;

at least four end frame supports attached substantially perpendicular to the base, wherein each of the end frame supports has a substantially closed square portion with four sides and having outer extensions extending from two of the four sides and an additional support extending from a junction of the remaining two of the four sides of the substantially closed square portion, wherein the additional support has two substantially L-shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions and each of the at least four end frame supports having a corner support that is substantially parallel to the junction;

at least three panels, wherein each of the panels has two S-shaped ends and at least one of the two S-shaped ends is interposed between one of the two substantially L-Shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions;

at least three rectangular frames each being removably attached to a corner support;

a top attached to the at least three rectangular frames;

at least one door, each at least one door attached by at least one hinge to one of the outer extensions of one of the at least four closed end frame supports.

22. A cargo container system as in claim 21, wherein the two S-shaped ends are shorter than a side portion of the panel.

23. A cargo container system as in claim 21, further comprising a ratchet extension extending from the corner support.

24. A cargo container system as in claim 21, further comprising a female threaded hole, for receipt of a corresponding screw, between the two substantially L-shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions and a brace having a hole at a first end and a hole at a second end, wherein a first screw is inserted through the hole at the first end and into a female threaded hole of one of the at least four end frame supports and a second screw is inserted through the hole at the second end and into a female threaded hole of another one of the at least four end frame supports.

25. A cargo container system as in claim 21, further comprising at least one center support attached to the base between two of the at least four end frame supports, wherein the center support has a closed square center portion with four sides and four corners and center extensions extending from each of the four corners of the closed square center portion, two partially open rectangular portions each between two center extensions and having an opening on a side away from the closed square center portion for the receipt of one of the two S-shaped ends of one of the panels.

26. A cargo container as in claim 25, further comprising two substantially L-shaped portions that each extend from one of the four corners and are substantially perpendicular to the center extensions, wherein the two substantially L-Shaped portions are faced in opposing directions.

27. A cargo container as in claim 25, further comprising a partition having a top, bottom, a first side and a second side, wherein one of the first side and the second side is between and supported in an upright position by the two substantially L-shaped portions.

28. A cargo container as in claim 27, further comprising a header support attached to the at least one center support at an end opposite the base and below the top and in communication with the top.

29. A cargo container as in claim 25, further comprising a center support female threaded hole for receipt of a corresponding screw in at least one of the two partially open rectangular portions and a brace having a hole at a first end and a hole at a second end, wherein a first screw is inserted through the hole at the first end and into a center support female threaded hole and a second screw is inserted through the hole at the second end and into a female threaded hole of another center support.