Patent ID: 7704032

Claim:
A mobile transport and storage system including a flatbed trailer supported by wheels and adapted to be removably attached to a truck, the flatbed trailer comprising: a. a platform defined thereon, wherein the platform remains substantially horizontal with the ground and includes a plurality of parallel guides, the plurality of parallel guides being positioned and extending along the length of the flatbed trailer; b. a removable and reusable storage container supported on the platform, wherein the storage container comprises: i. a substantially rectangular base and frame construction with a rear wall comprising a movable door, two side walls, a front wall, a roof and an underside, wherein the rear wall includes openings for receiving locking pins to secure portable dolly wheels, and ii. two slides defined in, or disposed on, the underside of the storage container, wherein the two slides are substantially parallel to one another, and wherein the two slides run lengthwise in a direction extending from the front wall of the storage container toward the rear wall of the storage container, and wherein the two slides are dimensioned and configured to abut the parallel guides of the platform when the storage container is disposed on the platform; c. at least one lock down unit to releasably secure the storage container to the platform of the flatbed trailer; d. a free-standing lift, wherein the free-standing lift is not attached to the flatbed trailer or the truck and includes at least a pair of arms and upright supports selectively engageable with the storage container and configured to lift and remove the storage container from the platform and lower the storage container to ground level for relocation to a remote location, wherein the free-standing lift includes a pair of extendable arms hingedly attached to an upright support for movement and placement under the storage container for lifting the storage container off the platforms e. removable dolly wheels attached by an axle and a forked support within the openings in the rear wall of the storage container; and f. at least one separable pintle ring mechanism for placement on the front or rear of the storage container, wherein the pintle ring is defined by two arms, each of which are provided with at least one opening for receiving a locking pin, wherein the addition of the removable dolly wheels and the pintle ring to the storage container forms a mobile storage container, wherein the slides comprise openings at the front wall of the storage container and the rear wall of the storage container, wherein the openings are configured to receive the two arms of the pintle ring.