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Modular transportation systems, devices and methods

  • US 9,908,723 B2
  • Filed: 04/02/2014
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transport method comprising:

  • providing a transport module having a height defined by a top and a base with recessed grooved wheels, a width defined by two side walls, a rear wall and a front, the front having a door, wherein the recessed grooved wheels are located in the base of the module and the entirety of each of the recessed grooved wheels is above the lowermost surface of the base of the module such that when the base of the module lies on a flat surface the recessed grooved wheels do not touch the flat surface;

    loading one or more items into the transport module through the door;

    providing a vessel having a cargo bay, the cargo bay having a longitudinal length defined by front wall and a rear, a height defined by a top and a floor, and a width defined by two side walls, the floor having at least two inverted v-shaped tracks corresponding to the recessed grooved wheels of the transport module running the length of the cargo bay from the rear to the front;

    loading the transport module into the cargo bay through the rear such that the recessed grooved wheels slidably engage the inverted v-shaped tracks on the floor;

    sliding the transport module longitudinally along the tracks toward the front of the cargo bay;

    moving the vessel to a desired destination; and

    removing the transport module by sliding the module toward and out of the rear of the cargo bay along the inverted v-shaped tracks.

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