Patent ID: 6068440
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A locking mechanism for selectively restraining a roll-off container to a container hoist bed of a container hoist, the locking mechanism comprising:a guide; anda movable plate mounted in the guide, the movable plate being freely movable through the guide, between a locking position and an unlocking position, so that:when the movable plate is in the locking position, the movable plate projects out from the guide so as to restrain the roll-off container; andwhen the movable plate is in the unlocking position, the movable plate is withdrawn into the guide away from the roll-off container to thereby release the roll-off container, the movable plate is arranged so that, whenever the container hoist is taken out of a transport orientation, gravity moves the movable plate into the unlocking position.