MODULAR SHIPPING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

• US 20160340111A1
• Filed: 01/13/2015
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cargo Cube Systems, Llc
• Original Assignee: Cargo Cube Systems, Llc
• Inventors: DiSorbo, Aldo
• Granted Patent: US 9,988,206 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/36 using endless chains or belts thereon
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/52 using rollers in the load-transporting element
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 19/0004 Rigid pallets without side walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2590/0066 Containers inside the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/02 rigid B65D88/34 - B65D88/78 take precedence; hoppers B65D88/26; special vessels for collecting or storing rain-water for use in the household E03B3/03; cesspools E03F11/00
• 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 88/30 specially adapted to facilitate transportation from one utilisation site to another collapsible hoppers B65D88/52
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/546 Devices for loading or unloading and forming part of the container, e.g. rollers, conveyors loading or unloading vehicles B65G67/20
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/00 Component parts, details or accessories for large containers B65D88/34 - B65D88/78 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/0053 fixed on the side wall of the container B65D90/0066, B65D90/0073 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/0066 Partition walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/587 having a linear motion
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 63/004 for containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 67/02 Loading or unloading land vehicles

Abstract

A modular shipping apparatus comprising: at least one base for a cargo container; each base having at least two spaces and each of spaces is formed by a left rectangular opening and a right rectangular opening, at least one wheel assembly is attached in one of the spaces, the base has a center portion that forms a first channel between the center portion and one of the openings and forms a second channel between the center portion and another one of the openings, a shipping container with a bottom interior and having at least two tracks attached to the bottom interior, wherein at least a portion of each of the at least one wheel assemblies attached in one of the at least two spaces slides along one of the at least two tracks.

Claims

1. A modular shipping apparatus for a transportation container, comprising:

at least one base for a cargo container;

wherein each said at least one base has at least two spaces, wherein each of the at least two spaces is formed by a left rectangular opening and a right rectangular opening, and at least one wheel assembly is attached in one of the at least two spaces,

wherein each said at least one base has a center portion that forms a first channel between the center portion and one of the left rectangular openings and the right rectangular openings and forms a second channel between the center portion and another one of the left rectangular openings and the right rectangular openings,

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

2. A modular shipping apparats as in claim 1, wherein the at least one wheel assembly is a V-groove wheel assembly.

3. A modular shipping apparats as in claim 1, wherein each of the at least two tracks are V-shaped tracks.

4. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the center portion includes at least one rectangular bar that is perpendicular to the first channel and the second channel.

5. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the shipping container has at least two foot stoppers attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container.

6. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein each of the wheel assembly are V-groove wheel assemblies comprised of a V-groove wheel with a bearing and a bolt that is attached through a portion of the left rectangular opening, the bearing and a portion of the right rectangular opening with the V-grove wheel rotatably attached to the bolt in one of the at least two spaces.

7. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the center portion is further comprising a center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion.

8. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 7, further comprising a hook arm assembly attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container and aligned with the center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion, to allow a portion of the hook arm assembly to thread the center portion opening.

9. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 7, further comprising a pulley system assembly attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container and aligned with the center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion, wherein a portion of the pulley system assembly threads the center portion opening.

10. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the first channel and the second channel are sized to receive a portion of a lifting device.

11. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a cargo container in communication with one of said at least one bases, wherein the cargo container is a commodities transporter for transporting a commodity.

12. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the commodities transporter cargo container has a bottom interior with a funneled portion and a bottom exterior with a door, wherein that funneled portion directs good towards the center of the bottom interior and when the door is opened the commodity is funneled out of the commodities transporter

13. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a cargo container in communication with one of said at least one base, wherein the interior of the cargo container has a plurality of rails with elongated rail openings that receive a strap.

14. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a cargo container in communication with one of said at least one bases, wherein the cargo container has at least one interior partition.

15. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 14, wherein each of the interior partitions contains at least one locked cargo container.

16. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the shipping container has at least one lever stoppers attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container.

17. A modular shipping apparatus for a transportation container, comprising:

at least one base for a cargo container;

wherein each said at least one base has a first rectangular opening and a second rectangular opening with a first space between the first rectangular opening and a second rectangular opening, wherein at least one V-groove wheel assembly is attached in the first space,

wherein each said at least one base has a third rectangular opening and a fourth rectangular opening with a second space between the third rectangular opening and the fourth rectangular opening, wherein at least one V-groove wheel assembly is attached in the second space,

wherein each said at least one base has a center portion that forms a first channel between the center portion and the second rectangular opening and forms a second channel between the center portion and the third rectangular opening,

a shipping container with a bottom interior and having at least two V-shaped tracks attached to the bottom interior, wherein each of the at least one V-groove wheel assemblies attached in the first space slide along a first V-shaped track of the at least two V-shaped tracks and wherein each of the at least one V-groove wheel assemblies attached in the second space slide along a second V-shaped track of the at least two V-shaped tracks.

18. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein the center portion includes at least one rectangular bar that is perpendicular to the first channel and the second channel.

19. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein the shipping container has at least two foot stoppers attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container.

20. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein each of the V-groove wheel assemblies in the first space are comprised of a V-groove wheel with a bearing and a bolt that is attached through a left side of a second rectangular opening, through the bearing of the V-groove wheel in the first space and through the right side of a first rectangular opening, and wherein each of the V-groove wheel assemblies in the second space are comprised of a V-groove wheel with a bearing and a bolt that is attached through a left side of a fourth rectangular opening, through the bearing of the V-groove wheel in the second space and through the right side of a third rectangular opening.

21. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein the center portion is further comprising a center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion.

22. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 21, further comprising a hook arm assembly attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container and aligned with the center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion, to allow a portion of the hook arm assembly to thread the center portion opening.

23. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 21, further comprising a pulley system assembly attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container and aligned with the center portion opening along a middle front portion of the center portion, wherein a portion of the pulley system assembly threads the center portion opening.

24. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein the first channel and the second channel are sized to receive a portion of a lifting device.

25. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, further comprising a cargo container in communication with one of said at least one bases, wherein the cargo container is a commodities transporter for transporting a commodity.

26. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein the commodities transporter cargo container has a bottom interior with a funneled portion and a bottom exterior with a door, wherein that funneled portion directs good towards the center of the bottom interior and when the door is opened the commodity is funneled out of the commodities transporter

27. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, further comprising a cargo container in communication with one of said at least one base, wherein the interior of the cargo container has a plurality of rails with elongated rail openings that receive a strap.

28. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, further comprising a cargo container in communication with one of said at least one bases, wherein the cargo container has at least one interior partition.

29. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 28, wherein each of the interior partitions contains at least one locked cargo container.

30. A modular shipping apparatus as in claim 17, wherein the shipping container has at least one lever stoppers attached to the bottom interior of the shipping container.