Patent ID: 7789258
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A configurable freight container disposable into closed and open configurations, the open configuration enabling a vehicle to drive therethrough, the container comprising: a quadrilateral set of walls connectable to form a rectangular box; a hinge that joins two adjacent walls along a pivotable edge, the hinge being pivotable between perpendicular and coplanar positions corresponding respectively to the closed and open configurations; and a joint that reversibly connects two walls opposite the adjacent walls along a separable edge, the joint being disconnectable between lock and unlock positions corresponding respectively to the closed and open configurations, wherein the perpendicular position disposes the two adjacent walls to be mutually perpendicular at the pivotable edge forming the rectangular box, and the coplanar position disposes the two adjacent walls to form substantially mutually coplanar platforms on which the vehicle can drive, and the lock position disposes the two opposite walls to be mutually perpendicular at the separable edge, and the unlock position disposes the opposite walls to form substantially mutually parallel barriers that define an inspection zone.