Patent ID: 7762198
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B65D,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forming unit loads, comprising: a fixture having an approximate rectangular frame, formed of at least two parallel long struts and at least two parallel short struts at the ends of the long struts, wherein transversal bars are arranged moveable on the long struts, with the ends of each bar on each long strut; the transversal bars having support that receive and slide on the long struts so that the transversal bars are moveable on the long struts: a plurality of cups attached to each transversal bar, wherein at least some of the cups having cup supports that straddle the transversal bar it is mounted on to be moveable on the transversal bars; the at least some cups are moveable along a length of the respective transversal bar upon which each moveable cup is mounted; the at least some cups each having a lock member extending through the respective cup support and to the respective transversal bar to be lockable on the transversal bars; and a plurality of loading ledges, each ledge having at least two feet, wherein each foot of the at least two feet of each loading ledge is received in a different one of the cups, wherein one or more packages is received on the loading ledges to form the unit load.