Patent ID: 8157492
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for securing a container on a transport vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a lifting platform supported on the transport vehicle, the lifting platform having a surface configured to support the container; a plurality of spindles disposed in a longitudinal direction of the platform and positioned generally parallel with and below the surface of the platform; a plurality of securing elements supported on the platform, said securing elements configured to selectively lie against the container to secure the container at the lifting platform, said securing elements supported on respective ones of said spindles and adapted to pivot between an operating position, a non-operative position, and a passive position, said plurality of securing elements comprising two-armed levers each having a securing part and a weight part, each of the securing elements supported at one of the spindles at a portion of the respective securing element between the securing part and the weight part; wherein a multiplicity of the securing elements are divided into first and second groups and are disposed so as to be moveable on the platform such that depending upon the position and type of the container set down on the platform, the first group of the multiplicity of securing elements is moved by the container to the passive position and the second group of the multiplicity of securing elements is permitted by the container to move to the operating position or remains in the operating position so that the second group of securing elements secures the container to prevent it from sliding down off the platform; and wherein the multiplicity of the securing elements are pivotable in the passive position by an undersurface of the container so that portions of the securing elements are substantially flush with the surface of the platform.