Patent ID: 11926469
Assignee: UFP INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A shipping container, comprising:
a pallet;
a first pair of roller guides and a second pair of roller guides, the first pair and the second pair of roller guides rigidly secured to the pallet and spaced apart intermediate opposing ends of the pallet with the first pair of roller guides spaced-apart in transverse alignment and the second pair of roller guides spaced apart in transverse alignment;
each of the roller guides comprising a rotatable sleeve;
a pair of trusses each removably received on a respective one of the first pair of roller guides and the second pair of roller guides, each truss comprises a rail and a chock connected in spaced relation by at least one span, the rail traveling on the roller guides and the chock for receiving a hull portion of a personal watercraft, the trusses movable on the respective sleeves that rotate during movement of the truss between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft seated on the trusses and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft thereon at an oblique angle relative to the pallet.