A freight floor having a multilayer construction and that is formed as a composite material, comprising a core layer of carbon-fiber-reinforced and/or glass-fiber-reinforced plastic and a seating layer of a metal alloy, in particular an aluminum alloy.

An intermodal container comprising: a first post; a first side panel attached to the first post; a second post, attached to the first side panel; a third post; a second side panel attached to the third post; a fourth post attached to the second side panel; a front panel attached to the first and fourth posts; a rear panel attached to the second and third posts; at least one shelf attached to the first, second, third, and fourth posts, and where the shelf can attach to the posts at a plurality of heights along the posts; the at least one shelf comprising: a front beam; a rear beam; a first strap bar extending from the front beam away from the shelf; and a second strap bar extending from the rear beam away from the shelf.

A tank assembly for a helicopter is provided. The tank assembly comprises a retractable tank for storing liquid or other substances, an attachment mechanism, and first and second struts. The retractable tank comprises an upper frame structure. The attachment mechanism is attached to the upper frame structure and is configured to engage a cargo hook mount on the underside of the fuselage of the helicopter. The first and second struts extend from respective opposing sides of the upper frame structure. Each of the first and second struts is configured to engage a respective side mount on the fuselage of the helicopter.

A locking retainer system configured to secure an automotive component within a motor vehicle includes a panel defining a T-shaped aperture and a retainer. The T-shaped aperture has a vertical aperture portion and a longitudinal aperture portion. The vertical aperture portion is defined by a first planar portion of the panel and the longitudinal aperture portion is defined by a second planar portion of the panel. The first planar portion is laterally offset from the second planar portion. The retainer has a vertical retainer portion and a longitudinal retainer portion and is attached to the automotive component by an elongated strut intermediate the vertical retainer portion and the automotive component. The panel is configured to receive the retainer within the aperture, thereby securing the automotive component to the panel and limiting motion of the automotive component relative to the panel along vertical, longitudinal, and lateral axes.

A volume adjustable container system is provided, the system including at least a sliding track system disposed longitudinally along the inside walls of a container, wherein the sliding track system further comprises a plurality of variably and scalably adjustable restraint receiving members. Association of the longitudinally disposed track system with a vertically disposed track system; the addition or substitution of other similar track systems disposed in neighboring configurations arranged throughout a wide range of angular sweep; and a wide variety of restraining elements and restraining element receiving members, are also provided.

A box which is expandable vertically and horizontally is disclosed. The box can be expanded both vertically and horizontally simultaneously, or in only one of these directions. This is accomplished by pulling/pushing opposite sides further/closer to each other. Rails which at least partially extend between respective opposite sides allow such an expansion/or contraction, the rails, in embodiments, having a pin of one section of the box held within a slot of an adjacent section of the box. The box, in embodiments, is made up of four separate pieces, each being one quadrant (top & left, top & right, bottom & left, bottom & right) of the box. Such a box can be expanded/collapsed to fit within a window and hold an air conditioner there-in.

A container is constructed to carry granular material from a quarry or source to the frac site. An open frame the size of a standard cargo container is constructed. An enclosed hopper is formed using flat sheet metal with bolted together perpendicular edges. The hopper is set within, and attached to, the frame. Top hatches provide for loading the hopper, and a lower sliding gate in a bottom opening provides for unloading the hopper. The bottom of the hopper is at an angle slightly above the angle of repose of the granular material carried therein.

The present invention relates to a height-extensible container-type warehouse that is manufactured in a container type at a factory, can be transported to a desired place, and can be increased in height at the place by coupling a section, which exceeds a height limit under the Road Traffic Act and is separately manufactured, to an opening of the warehouse in order to increase the height thereof.

A transportation rack includes a base frame configured for resting on a surface and including an upper open side and an open front side. The transportation rack further includes an extension frame defining an open front side and being slideably received through the open upper side of the base frame. An actuator is coupled between the base frame and the extension frame and is operable to move the extension frame in an extending direction outwardly from the base frame through the open upper side and a collapsing direction inwardly to the base frame through the open upper side. The transportation rack further includes a compartment unit supported by the extension frame and having a collapsing portion therealong that accommodates the extending and collapsing of the extension frame with respect to the base frame.

A modular subsea fluid storage unit comprises a variable-volume inner tank having a rigid top panel and a peripheral wall that is flexible by virtue of concertina formations. The peripheral wall is extensible and retractable vertically while the horizontal width of the tank remains substantially unchanged. A side wall of a lower housing part surrounds and is spaced horizontally from the peripheral wall of the inner tank to define a floodable gap between the peripheral wall and the side wall that surrounds the tank. An upper housing part extends over and is vertically spaced from the top panel of the inner tank and overlaps the side wall to enclose the inner tank. The floodable gap and the upper housing part enhance thermal insulation and trap any fluids that may leak from the inner tank.