Patent ID: 8678727

Claim:
A stacking and lifting system for transport platforms comprising: a plurality of support posts, each having a proximate end connected to a first transport platform and a distal end rotatable about the proximate end; a plurality of receivers extending below a second transport platform; a plurality of first lifting fitments, each first lifting fitment disposed on the distal end of one of the plurality of support posts; a plurality of second lifting fitments, each second lifting fitment positioned over a stacking block extending from one of the plurality of support posts near the proximate end of the support post; and a plurality of male locking collars, each male locking collar disposed on one of the plurality of second lifting fitments of the first transport platform and configured for securement to one of the plurality of receivers of the second transport platform; wherein the distal ends of the plurality of support posts may be rotated from first post positions at which each first lifting fitment is in an operative orientation to second post positions at which each second lifting fitment is in an operative orientation.