Patent ID: 7735817

Claim:
A device for transporting components forming a section of an aircraft between work stations, the work stations being located on a floor area having at least one receptacle within the floor area, the device comprising: the at least one receptacle; at least one transport apparatus; and at least one positioning frame mounted on the at least one transport apparatus wherein the at least one positioning frame comprises at least one positioning element for the alignment of the components in the work stations, wherein the at least one positioning frame is capable of being aligned on the floor area by contacting the at least one positioning element on the at least one receptacle within a first region of the floor area wherein the at least one transport apparatus has at least one coupling element being adapted to be coupled to and decoupled from the at least one positioning frame using the at least one coupling element such that the at least one transport apparatus disengages from the at least one positioning frame, while the at least one positioning element is retained on the at least one receptacle leaving the at least one positioning frame in position within the first region of the floor area as the at least one transport apparatus becomes separately displaceable to a different location on the floor area.