Container having sliding support assemblies for supporting dunnage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9016507-B2
Application number	US-201313781886-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2013
Priority date	Sep 6, 2011
Publication date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a body, track assemblies attached to opposite sides of the body, and a plurality of support assemblies extending between the track assemblies. Outer members of the support assemblies have notches which enable the support assemblies to slide along the track assemblies to move parts supported by dunnage suspended by the support assemblies.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising:
a body having a bottom and at least two sides;
tracks supported by the body at different vertical levels;
a plurality of movable support assemblies generally inside the container, each of said support assemblies comprising an inner member and an outer member at least partially surrounding the inner member the entire length of the inner member, the inner and outer members e…

Assignees

• Bradford Co

Inventors

• Bradford Judson A
• Burns Allen L

Classifications

• B65D2519/00666

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D2519/00701

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D2519/00288

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D2519/00497

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D2519/00338

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic