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

Claim 17:
18. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container for storage and shipping, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a pallet having a first pair of roller guides and a second pair of roller guides, the first pair and the second pair of the roller guides rigidly attached in spaced apart relation 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, and each of the roller guides comprises a rotatable sleeve;
(b) placing one of a pair of trusses on a respective one of the first pair of roller guides and the second pair of roller guides in a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable on the sleeves from the first position to a second position for orienting a transverse axis of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle relative to the pallet for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft seated on the trusses;
(c) moving the trusses from the first position to the second position to dispose the personal watercraft at the oblique angle relative to the pallet; and
(d) securing the personal watercraft received on the trusses to the pallet.