Patent ID: 6811125
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: F16M,G07F

Abstract:
A stackable shipping pod adapted for use on a relatively large object having a bottom surface with at least one attachment member extending therefrom, and further having an outside perimeter, the shipping pod comprising:a top wall for mating to the bottom surface of the large object, the top wall having at least one elongated opening through which the attachment member is extended for attaching the shipping pod to the large object, the attachment member being movable laterally within the opening to provide selective positioning of the shipping pod relative to the large object among a plurality of positions; a perimeter wall extending downwardly from the top wall, the perimeter wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface; and an outer perimeter wall spaced outwardly away from the exterior surface of the perimeter wall, the outer perimeter wall having an uppermost portion below a plane at least substantially defined by an upper surface of the top wall, wherein the interior surface of the shipping pod nests proximate to the exterior surface of a second subjacent shipping pod when in a stacked orientation.