Patent ID: 9649971
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B60P,B65D

Claim:
1. A twistlock assembly comprising: a twistlock having a housing extending along a twistlock axis; a pin coupled to the housing at a location lateral to the twistlock axis, the pin extending along a pin axis; and a pin supporting member arranged coaxially with the pin, the pin being slideable along the pin axis with respect to the pin supporting member; wherein the pin supporting member is configured to be coupled to a shipping unit proximate a female fitment located thereon and having an upwardly-facing aperture; wherein, by sliding the pin along the pin axis and rotating the twistlock around the pin axis, the twistlock can be moved from a use position in which the twistlock axis is aligned with the aperture and the twistlock is seated on the fitment, to a stowed position in which the twistlock axis is located laterally with respect to the aperture and the twistlock is coupled to the shipping unit by way of the pin and the pin supporting member; wherein the pin is also rotatable with respect to the pin supporting member, and rotation of the pin around the pin axis causes rotation of the twistlock around the pin axis; and wherein from the use position, the pin can be slid up along the pin axis so as to unseat the twistlock from the fitment, then rotated around the pin axis until the twistlock axis is no longer aligned with the aperture of the fitment, and then slid down along the pin axis to the stowed position.