| 摘要 |
An adjustable height corner fitting (10) for a shipping container is compris ed of a substantially hollow rectangularly shaped block (12) having a bottom wa ll (22), end walls (20) and side walls (18). An elongated aperture (26) is located in the bottom wall (22) and is adapted to cooperate with a locking mechanism in order to lock the shipping container to the platform of a vehicle. Also provided is a substantially rectangularly shaped plate (14) th at is complementary to the bottom wall (22) and is adapted to be temporarily attached thereto in order to increase the height of the block. The plate (14 ) also has an elongated aperture (44) therein which is complementary to the aperture (26) in the bottom wall (22). When the plate (14) is attached, the apertures (44,26) in the plate (14) and in the bottom wall (22) are in alignment, but the plate (14) causes the corner fitting (10) to extend downwardly approximately a half an inch below the container for shipment on a truck, boat or rail car. With the plate (14) removed, the bottom of the corn er fitting (10) is essentially flush with the bottom of the container thereby allowing the container to be transported by cargo plane. |
