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Mobile Pallet with Locking Mechanism for a Container

Application Number: 20120039684
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Baker, Maurice

A mobile pallet for loading into a container, the pallet comprising: a pallet chassis defining a leading end, a rear end and opposite sides of the pallet; wheels supporting the chassis for mobility; and at least one locking mechanism on one side of the pallet capable of extending outwardly of the pallet and locating against an adjacent inner side wall of the container to create a wedge between the pallet and the side wall thereby locking the pallet in the ...

DEVICE FOR REDUCING LOADS ON LATCHES AND LOADS ON CARGO CONTAINERS

Application Number: 20120037619
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Merz, Ludger; Glatz, Dietmar; Kaulbars, Markus; Meier-Noe, Ulrich; Merklinger, Achim

The invention relates to a device for reducing latch loads during the process of loading and flying air cargo containers inside cargo holds of aircraft. The device exhibits a floor plate of a cargo unit of a transport means, an edge profile, a rail bumper as well as a first damping unit. The first damping unit is situated between the edge profile and the floor plate, or between the edge profile and the rail bumper of the cargo unit. The first damping unit is designed for damping a movement by ...

AUTOMATED INSTALLATION SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS

Application Number: 20120027550
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Monaco, Michael; Hartelius, John; Bellacicco, John; Kuster, Thomas P.; Cabuhay, Henry; Oshman, Thomas

A system of method for automated deployment of a plurality photovoltaic solar panels carried as a unit by a carrier. The system includes an installation trailer, a robot having a mechanism for picking up a carrier and a push actuator. Carriers carrying a plurality of solar panels as a unit may be installed using the system by carrying a plurality of carriers on an installation trailer to a row of rails onto which the carriers are to be installed. The robot picks up each carrier and aligns and ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SECURING CARGO

Application Number: 20120027535
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: CHAN, Hanson How Sin; LEUNG, Sai Ho Simon

A method and system of securing cargo for preventing access to cargo during transportation is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system comprises a security net adapted for covering the cargo, the net comprising a panel with a periphery. The panel is made from a net with holes of sufficiently small size to prevent objects from readily being inserted therethrough without causing a tear thereto. The periphery contains a plurality of openings. The system also comprises a plurality of security locks ...

FASTENING DEVICE FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY SECURING A FIRST AND A SECOND FREIGHT ITEM

Application Number: 20120027534
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Huber, Thomas; Holzner, Richard

Fastening elements are known in which locking elements can be swivelled out of a non-operative position and into a fixing position. Usually, each of these locking elements has a locking lug. The known fastening devices are mostly very complex in their structure.

The some embodiments of present application propose the provision of a fastening device for at least partially securing a first and a second freight item, which fastening device comprises a frame and ...

System for Air Borne Deployment of Palletized Cargo

Application Number: 20120025027
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Yandle, Tom; Kelley, Michael E.; Rinehart, Elizabeth M.

Disclosed is a system for the airborne deployment and delivery of palletized cargo. The system includes a cargo pallet, one or more risers connected to the pallet, and an associated rigging. The risers are used in both stabilizing the cargo and in cushioning the impacts associated with transport and landing. The rigging is used to secure the pallet to one or more parachutes that are deployed as the pallet leaves the ...