Patent ID: 11952146
Assignee: ZSM HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of loading a payload onto a cargo aircraft, comprising:
advancing a payload into a forward end of a cargo aircraft and towards an aft end of the cargo aircraft, the cargo aircraft including an interior cargo bay having a forward bay portion located in the forward end of the cargo aircraft and an aft bay portion located in the aft end of the cargo aircraft, the payload including a plurality of payload-receiving fixtures holding one or more structures of the payload in a set position with respect to at least some portion of the payload-receiving fixtures;
placing a first structure of the one or more structures on a first receiving surface of a first piece of a payload-receiving fixture of the plurality of payload receiving fixtures;
coupling a second piece of the payload-receiving fixture to the first piece to secure a location of the first structure with respect to the first receiving surface; and
securing the payload within the interior cargo bay such that a distal-most payload-receiving fixture is secured in the aft bay portion of the interior cargo bay and a proximal-most payload-receiving fixture of the plurality of payload-receiving fixtures is secured in the forward bay portion of the interior cargo bay.