Patent ID: 8151714

Claim:
A support mechanism for mounting in a side wall of a railway freight wagon and for supporting a shipping container on the railway freight wagon when the support mechanism is deployed for use, the support mechanism comprising: a frame structure, arranged to be mounted in a side wall of the railway freight wagon; and at least one support arm pivotally mounted on the frame structure for movement about a substantially horizontal axis, the at least one support arm being arranged to pivot between a first position in which it is stowed at least in part within the frame structure and a second position in which it extends away from the frame structure in a substantially horizontal direction so it is deployed as a cantilever structure to support the vertical load of one side of the shipping container and to maintain the shipping container at an elevated position relative to a floor of the railway freight wagon, wherein the frame structure includes a horizontal bridging portion that extends from the frame structure and that directly contacts the at least one support arm, when the at least one support arm is in the second position, to prevent the at least one support arm from pivoting past the substantially horizontal direction.