Patent ID: 8215499

Claim:
A pipeline pig and rack transport apparatus, comprising: a) a frame; b) a plurality of pig supports mounted on the frame and extending upwardly therefrom; c) each pig support including a post extending upwardly from the frame a first distance, a clamp on a top of the post comprised of first and second U-shaped members that are attached with a hinge; d) a connection opposite the hinge for holding the first and second U-shaped members together in a closed position; e) one or more pipeline pigs, each pig secured to a pair of said posts with the clamps, each pig having a smaller diameter section that is gripped by said clamp and a larger diameter section having a diameter that extends radially away from and circumferentially around both the smaller diameter section and the U-shaped members; f) lifting eyes on the frame for enabling the frame and pig supports and one or more of said pipeline pigs to be lifted as a unit; and g) a walled receptacle that contains the frame and one or more said pipeline pigs, the receptacle having an upper edge portion that extends above at least a part of one of said pigs.