Patent ID: 8616564

Claim:
A handling cart for handling one or more cargo containers, each cargo container having two container ends, each container end having lower edges and two lower corner fittings, each corner fitting having one or more corner casting holes, the handling cart comprising: a frame supported on wheels, said frame having at least one support surface for supporting one of the container ends of a cargo container, at least one container guide mounted on said frame, said container guide having a sloped surface, upon engagement with one of the lower edges or one of the lower corner fittings of a descending container end said sloped surface guiding the container end onto said at least one support surface, and one or more cart pins mounted on said frame, each cart pin engaging one of the one or more corner casting holes of one of the lower corner fittings of a container end resting on said at least one support surface thereby restricting said container end against horizontal movement on said support surface, said cart pins spaced from said at least one container guide such that when said cart pins are engaged with the corner casting holes of the container end the corner fittings are held in abutting relation with said at least one container guide.