Patent ID: 6835035
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B60P,B61D,B62D,B63B

Abstract:
A method for securing horizontally loaded cargo units on a vessel, comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of cargo units defining a longitudinal driving direction; arranging a first securing mechanism on a first longitudinally-extending vertical side of each of the cargo units; arranging a first locking mechanism on the first side of each of the cargo units; arranging a second securing mechanism on a second longitudinal-extending vertical side of each of the cargo units, the second securing mechanism being arranged to engage with the first securing mechanism on another one of the cargo units, the first and second longitudinal sides being on opposite sides of the cargo unit; arranging a second locking mechanism on the second side of each of the cargo units, the second locking mechanism being arranged to engage with the first locking mechanism on another one of the cargo units to prevent vertical movement of engaged cargo units relative to one another; and securing each of the cargo units to an adjacent one of the cargo units in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction by positioning each of the cargo units alongside the adjacent one of the cargo units such that the first side of the cargo unit faces the second side of the adjacent one of the cargo units, engaging the first securing mechanism on the cargo unit with the second securing mechanism on the adjacent one of the cargo units, engaging the first locking mechanism on the cargo unit with the second locking mechanism on the adjacent one of the cargo units to thereby form an interlocking coupling between the cargo unit and the adjacent one of the cargo units; and constructing the first and second securing mechanisms to enable the cargo units to slide along each other in the longitudinal direction until the first locking mechanism engages the second locking mechanism.