Container for transported goods

US4287997A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Keith O. Rolfe · Brisbane, AU
• Clifford E. Smith · Biloela, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 1980
• Grant date: Sep 8, 1981
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2519/00995
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container for transported goods can be carried by a road transport vehicle arranged longitudinally or transversely, its length being approximately equal to its width. Supports fixed under the container define passages to receive, from either end and either side, the arms of a fork-lift vehicle, and further are made for inter-engagement with locating members on the container top so two superimposed similar containers are held in alignment. One end of the container, with a doorway and closure, also has means for releasably locking the container end to end with the corresponding end of another similar container.