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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2003
Richard A. Tatina, Countryside, IL (US);
Richard A. Tatina, Countryside, IL (US);
Portec Rail Products, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
In a system and method for stabilizing a first stack of upper and lower shipping containers with respect to a second stack of upper and lower shipping containers, inter-box connectors are provided for connecting the upper and lower containers of each stack. A container bridging stabilizer is provided which surrounds two of the adjacent inter-box connectors where the two lower containers are laterally adjacent each other to laterally link the inter-box connectors and their respective lower containers together. The container bridging stabilizer laterally stabilizes the first and second stacks with respect to each other.