Patent ID: 7827918

Claim:
A method for reducing aerodynamic drag of a series of stacked intermodal containers, the series having at least a first set of containers, the set of containers comprising a top container stacked above a bottom container; each of the containers comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, end walls, and side walls connected by a frame to form a box with corners at each junction of three of the walls, and each container having corner fittings at each corner associated with at least a first of the end walls thereof, the corner fittings comprising a plurality of connection openings each configured to receive a part of a mounting device, the method comprising: providing an aerodynamic drag reducing device comprising a drag reducing fairing and an attachment frame, the fairing being attached to the attachment frame, and removably mounting the attachment frame to the top container of the first set of containers at the first end wall having the corner fittings associated therewith using a first mounting device and a second mounting device, each mounting device extending from the attachment frame and into at least one of the connection openings of the corner fittings associated with the at least first of the end walls of the top container of the first set of containers.