Patent ID: 7059819

Claim:
Alignment and hanger assembly for underslung transport of containers by truck trailers comprising in operative combination: i) a pair of spaced vertically orientable guide panels having horizontal flanges for engaging selected bottom flanges of I-beams of a wailer undercarriage; j) at least one cross-brace joining said guide panels in preselected spaced relationship, said cross brace providing a stop for said container during positioning under said truck undercarriage; k) at least one clamp member for each of said guide panels to secure said guide panel to a selected trailer undercarriage I-beam inboard of a side of said trailer body; l) a pair of spaced, vertically orientable support panels securable to said selected bottom flanges of I-beams of a trailer undercarriage outboard of said guide panels clamps and extending outwardly short of said trailer body side; m) at least one clamp member for each of said support panels to secure said support panel to a selected trailer undercarriage I-beam adjacent said trailer body side; and n) at least one hanger member associated with said support panel for releasably engaging and retaining the loaded weight of a container slung under said trailer undercarriage during transport.