Patent ID: 6729490
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A modular combat load system for supplying soldiers within a military unit with mission critical consumable supplies in a combat environment, comprising:(a) a plurality of modular combat load units stacked side by side on a pallet for transport to said combat environment by a military vehicle, each of said plurality of modular combat load units including a mission requirements unit load container and a plurality of combat modular storage units of varying storage capacity; (b) said mission requirements unit load container having an interior adapted to receive said plurality of combat modular storage units and store said plurality of combat modular storage units therein, said mission requirements unit load container comprising: (i) a top end having a generally rectangular shaped opening which allows access to the interior of said mission requirements unit load container; (ii) an enclosed bottom end having a generally rectangular shape; (iii) four side walls extending vertically upward from the enclosed bottom end of said mission requirements unit load container to the top end of said mission requirements unit load container, wherein adjoining side walls of said mission requirements unit load container are angled at approximately forty five degrees to allow for rapid loading of said modular combat load units onto said pallet and rapid unloading of said modular combat load units from said pallet; (iv) a pair of rectangular shaped openings, one of said pair of rectangular shaped openings being positioned in one side wall of said four side walls and another of said pair of rectangular shaped openings being positioned in an opposed side wall of said four side walls, said pair of rectangular shaped openings in each of said mission requirements unit load container operating as handles allowing a user to load and unload said modular combat load units from said pallet; and (c) each one of said combat modular storage units having an interior adapted for storage of said mission critical consumable supplies therein, each one of said combat modular storage units comprising: (i) an enclosed bottom end having a generally rectangular shape; (ii) four side walls extending upper from the enclosed bottom end of said combat modular storage unit to a top end of said combat modular storage unit, wherein adjoining side walls of said combat modular storage unit are angled at approximately forty five degrees to align said combat modular storage unit with the interior of said mission requirements unit load container and to allow for insertion of said combat modular storage unit into the interior of said mission requirements unit load container; and (iii) the top end of said combat modular storage unit having a pair of lids which open about a center for the top end said combat modular storage unit allowing access to the interior of combat modular storage unit for storage said mission critical consumable supplies therein.