Offshore cargo rack for use in transferring palletized loads between a marine vessel and an offshore platform

摘要

A cargo rack for transferring loads between a marine vessel and an offshore marine platform (for example, oil and gas well drilling or production platform) provides a frame having a base, a front, a rear, upper and lower end portions and side walls. The lower end of the frame has a floor. Openings in the base align with forklift tine tubes or sockets. The frame includes a pair of fixed side walls extending upwardly from the base that include at least left and right side walls. A plurality of gates are movably mounted on the frame including a gate at least at the front and at least at the rear of the frame, each gate being movable between open and closed positions. The gates enable a forklift to place loads on the floor by accessing either the front of the frame or the rear of the frame. Each gate can be pivotally attached to a corner column.

主权项

1. A cargo rack comprising:
a) a frame having a base, a front, a rear, and upper and lower end portions; b) the base of the frame having a perimeter and a floor providing multiple load holding positions, each configured to hold a load module; c) a plurality of load modules that are supported with the frame during use; d) the frame including a plurality of side walls that attach to and extend upwardly from a perimeter beam base and including at least left and right side walls, first and second frame ends, the frame having four corners with a corner column at each corner; e) each side wall having at least one intermediate column positioned in between two of said corner columns; f) an upper end portion of each side wall having an upper horizontal beam that connects the upper end of each corner column to each intermediate column; g) a plurality of gates that are movably mounted to the frame, each gate being movably attached to one of said side walls between open and closed positions, each gate spanning across a said end in a horizontal direction from one of said corner columns to another one of said corner columns; h) multiple reinforcements that connect each intermediate column to ones of said corner columns on the side walls, including reinforcing beams that extend between one said corner column and one said intermediate column at a position in between the base and one said upper horizontal beam; i) said reinforcements including a diagonally extending beam that extends from the top of a one of said corner columns downwardly to a position next to the lower end of a one of said intermediate columns; j) a plate that connects the lower end of a said diagonal beam to both the base and a said respective intermediate column; and k) wherein the gates enable a module to be removed laterally with a fork lift when a selected said gate is in the open position and without removing another module.