Patent ID: 6189457
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A support bracket for a domestic railroad cargo container, wherein the container is of the type having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped configuration, with a top wall, a bottom wall, two end walls and two side walls, the container further having at least one attachment block operably configured for engagement by a container handling apparatus, to enable the container to be manipulated by the container handling apparatus, the container further including at least one horizontal framework member and at least one vertical framework member disposed in a substantially intersecting relationship therewith, the at least one attachment block being operably disposed substantially adjacent the top wall of the container at the intersection of the at least one horizontal framework member and the at least one vertical framework member, the support bracket comprising:a horizontal attachment leg, operably configured to be affixed to and against an inwardly-facing surface of the at least one horizontal framework member of a container;a vertical attachment leg, operably configured to be affixed to and against an inwardly-facing surface of the at least one vertical framework member of a container;at least one intermediate leg, operably configured to substantially conform to an inwardly-facing surface contour of an attachment block of a container, the at least one intermediate leg operably connecting the horizontal and vertical attachment legs;each of the horizontal, vertical and at least one intermediate legs being substantially planar in their respective transverse dimensions;the horizontal, vertical and at least one intermediate legs being further operably configured to substantially resist pivoting of any leg relative to any other leg, so that the bracket is configured to resist and push against downward vertical loads exerted on the horizontal leg by a horizontal framework member.