Patent ID: 8857872

Claim:
A transporter for holding articles to be lifted, comprising: a) a base having a plurality of perimeter beams connected to a plurality of transverse interior beams, the base having a load carrying deck with a load carrying surface, said deck extending above the transverse beams and to the perimeter beams; b) a plurality of wall panels including multiple removable wall panels that can each be removably affixed to the base; c) a plurality of lifting eyes secured to the base externally of the walls; d) multiple cutout openings in said walls, each cutout enabling a diagonally placed lifting line to extend from at least one of said lifting eye, through the opening and upwardly of the base to a position above the central portion of the deck; e) a winch rail extending along the upper surface of one of the perimeter beams; and f) wherein at least one of the wall panels with at least one of said multiple cutout openings is one of said removable wall panels.