A twistlock for securing a structure to a corner fitting having an ISO aperture. The twistlock includes a main body, a first clamping cam toggle pivotally mounted within the main body and a second clamping cam toggle pivotally mounted within the main body. The twistlock also includes a T-clamp screw having a body portion, a threaded end portion and a clamping portion, where the body portion extends through an opening in the main body and between the first and second cam toggles so that the clamping portion is positioned adjacent to an outside of a bottom wall of the main body. The T-clamp screw is rotatable to engage an underside of a wall in the corner fitting and the first and second cam toggles are pivotable to engage edges of the aperture in the fitting.

A twistlock assembly includes a twistlock having a housing extending along a twistlock axis. A pin is coupled to the housing at a location lateral to the twistlock axis and extends along a pin axis. A pin supporting member is arranged coaxially with the pin, which is slideable along the pin axis with respect to the supporting member. The supporting member is coupled to a shipping unit proximate a female fitment having an aperture. By sliding the pin along the pin axis and rotating the twistlock around the pin axis, the twistlock is moved from a use position in which the twistlock axis is aligned with the aperture and the twistlock is seated on the fitment, to a stowed position in which the twistlock axis is located laterally with respect to the aperture and the twistlock is coupled to the shipping unit by way of the pin and supporting member.

An automatic lock affixed to a cargo container for interconnecting two stacked containers, and for automatically locking and unlocking without reliance upon the overcoming of a friction force to release the device.

An automatic lock affixed to a cargo container for interconnecting two stacked containers, and for automatically locking and unlocking without reliance upon the overcoming of a friction force to release the device.

A locking assembly includes a horizontal locking structure movable between a first position, in which the horizontal locking structure is arranged to protrude into a horizontal portion opening of a corner mount to restrict movement of the corner mount in a horizontal direction, and a second position to release the corresponding horizontal movement restriction. The locking assembly also includes a vertical locking structure mechanically connected to the horizontal locking structure, the vertical locking structure being movable between a third position, wherein a portion of the vertical locking structure is arranged in an opening of a vertical side of the corner mount to restrict movement of the corner mount in a vertical direction, and a fourth position to release the corresponding vertical movement restriction. An actuator member is structured to control the positions of both the horizontal locking structure and the vertical locking structure by a linear movement.

A pallet adapter, system and method for restraining air cargo during flight is disclosed. A pallet adapter shifts a shipping container in an inboard direction of an aircraft so that the container does not contact an interior structure of the aircraft. Rigid restraints restrain the container from moving in the vertical direction during flight. Corner fittings restrain the container from moving in the fore-and-aft direction and the side-to-side direction during flight.

A cargo restraint system comprises a plurality of cargo restraint assemblies. Each cargo restraint assembly in the plurality of cargo restraint assemblies may be removably coupled to a cargo deck in various configurations. The plurality of cargo restraint assemblies may be reconfigurable based on a size of a plurality of unit load devices (ULDs) to be loaded and restrained. Each cargo restraint assembly may restrain four or fewer corners of respective ULDs simultaneously.

A securing lock for a cargo support apparatus includes one or more first locking interfaces. The one or more first locking interfaces include a tooth assembly including one or more teeth, and a jaws assembly including one or more jaws. The one or more teeth are configured to be engaged by one or more other jaws of a second locking interface of at least one other container to secure the container to the at least one other container. The one or more jaws are configured to engage one or more other teeth of the second locking interface of the at least one other container to secure the container to the at least one other container.

A connector (10) for use in loading a container (100) onto a vehicle having a flat-bed tray (40). The container (10) has a connection point (102) at a lower corner thereof. The connector (10) includes a body (12) and a releasable attachment portion (14). The releasable attachment portion (14) is configured to enable the connector (10) to be releasably attached to the connection point (102). The connector (10) is releasably attachable at only one lower corner of the container (100) at a time.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for automatically locking a container, which includes: a cylindrical housing: a top plate installed on the top of the housing; a bottom plate installed under the housing; an elevation unit installed to move up and down in the housing; a locker installed to rotate left and right to lock and unlock a container; a guide guiding up-down movement and rotation movement of the locker; a first elastic supporting member elastically supporting upward the elevation unit; and a second elastic supporting member elastically supporting upward the locker. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides an effect that a container is automatically locked or unlocked by its own weight when it is loaded or unloaded, so it is possible to safely transport heavy containers always in a locked state and it is possible to prevent malfunction or poor function of the locker.