Goods container for transport purposes
US4010990A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D90/14
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
For facilitating the picking up and setting down of a container in a containerised goods transport system, there is provided at each corner of the container a lifting arrangement comprising a retractable leg housed with an operating ram in a post which is mounted by hinges on a corner frame member to swing about a vertical axis between a position laterally outboard of the container to allow the leg to be extended, and a stowed position in which the post with leg retracted is housed in a recess in a corner frame member so occupying otherwise non-used space.
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