Patent ID: 7665784

Claim:
A device for gripping containers from above, comprising: a substantially horizontal frame having a plurality of corners, the frame being suspended from a plurality of substantially vertical cables; a plurality of twist-locks, each twist-lock arranged substantially adjacent one of the corners of the frame for gripping an upper corner of the containers, each twist-lock including a substantially vertical shank; and at least one L-shaped contact element comprising a substantially horizontal first leg having opposite first and second ends and a substantially vertical second leg having opposite first and second ends, the first and second legs being rigidly connected to each other at their second ends, the first end of the substantially horizontal first leg being connected to the frame and the substantially vertical second leg extending downward from its second end that is rigidly connected to the substantially horizontal first leg, wherein the at least one L-shaped contact element is biased to a position in which its substantially vertical second leg protrudes substantially parallel to the shanks of the twist-locks and at least partially under the frame and wherein the at least one L-shaped contact element is adapted to brake a movement of the frame parallel to the cables in the vicinity of a container when the frame is placed thereon and the first end of the second leg of the at least one L-shaped contact element contacts the container, by absorbing at least a portion of kinetic energy of the frame through controlled deformation or movement of the at least one L-shaped contact element.