Patent ID: 8447006

Claim:
An elongated nuclear component shipping package up-ending device for supporting the shipping package as it is translated between a horizontal and vertical orientation, comprising: a base member having a top surface, a first end, a second end, a first side and a second side; a first yoke affixed to the base member proximate the intersection of the first end and first side of the base member and formed to pivotally connect to an underside of a first end on a first side of the shipping package; a second yoke affixed to the base member proximate the intersection of the first end and the second side of the base member and formed to pivotally connect to an underside of the first end on a second side of the shipping package; a first support arm pivotally connected to the base member proximate the intersection of the second end and first side of the base member and formed to pivotally connect to a first side of the shipping package at a location spaced a first distance from the first end of the shipping package, the first support arm having at least two ligaments connected through a pivoting first joint; a second support arm pivotally connected to the base member proximate the intersection of the second end and second side of the base member and formed to pivotally connect to a second side of the shipping package at a location spaced the first distance from the first end of the shipping package, the second support arm having at least two ligaments connected through a pivoting second joint; and means for securing the up-ending device in position as the shipping package is translated between the horizontal and vertical orientation.