Patent ID: 6390742
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B60P,B65D

Abstract:
A locking cone chassis for accommodating ISO standard inter-modal containers, comprising:two parallel I-beam main rails, longitudinally disposed, each of said rails having a forward end, a rear end, a pair of inside edges, and a pair of outside edges; a plurality of ribs parallel to one another situated between the said main rails and connecting the said main rails, said ribs connecting the said main rails at right angles; a rear cone receiver and a forward cone receiver, each said receiver being positioned parallel to said ribs, said rear cone receiver connecting the rear end of each of said main rails, said forward cone receiver connecting the forward end of each of said main rails; each said cone receiver comprising a steel square tube having an upper surface, an outside surface, two opposite end surfaces, and an inside surface; each said receiver further comprising two square-shaped opposing end portions disposed slightly outside of a respective one of said outside edges of said main rails, each of said end portions having a cone-receiving aperture on an upper surface, a first access aperture on said outside surface, a second access aperture on each said end surface, and a third access aperture on said inside surface; and said forward cone receiver further comprising at least one steel guide flange angled upward from said upper surface, proximate said outside surface, between each said inside edge of said main rails; wherein, each said cone receiving aperture of said chassis receives a self-locking cone, with provision by each said access aperture for access for manually unlocking said cone; and wherein said flange on said forward cone receiver serves both as a container loading guide as well as a container stop, operable when a truck applies its brakes while hauling said chassis.