Patent ID: 8356962
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B60P,B65D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle transport container including: an ISO container body having sheet steel corrugated side wall panels of open profile; a plurality of pairs of vertical tracks secured in respective opposed open recesses of said side wall panels; a plurality of rail sections each selectively securable between two adjacent ones of said tracks on one of said side wall panels, locations including at least one load position, and a stowed position at the top of the side wall panel, the rail sections selectively forming a substantially continuous load rail on the side wall panel; a rolling load beam assembly extending between and supported on rollers for movement on respective opposed ones of said rail sections and including a pair of spaced wheel rests to support a respective vehicle axle group, and tie down means for securing a vehicle to the rolling load beam assembly while outside of the container body, the rolling load beam assembly being movable along the respective rail sections; and lifting means for lifting the rolling load beam, and a vehicle secured to it, into and out of engagement with an outer end of a respective one of the load rail sections.