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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Steven C Erickson, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan Paske, Rochester, MN (US);
Benjamin Luedeman, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael J MacPherson, Elgin, MN (US);
Clinton W Erie, Adams, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A modular shipping container includes a layer of two side pieces positioned against sides of a component of several components with a same width. The side piece include pegs protruding from a top of each side piece and bottom openings in a bottom of each side piece sized and positioned to conform to the pegs. The container includes one or more end pieces on the same layer as the side pieces. Each end of the end piece is shaped to attach to an end of a side piece and is shaped to maintain a width between the side pieces. A length of an area formed by the side pieces and end pieces is sized to accommodate a maximum length of each component. The components have a height that is an integer number of standard units and a height of the side pieces matches an integral number of the standard units.