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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
John J. Lanigan, Sr., Orland Park, IL (US);
Peter W. Mirabella, Schererville, IN (US);
John J. Lanigan, Sr., Orland Park, IL (US);
Peter W. Mirabella, Schererville, IN (US);
Mi-Jack Products, Inc., Hazel Crest, IL (US);
Abstract
A transfer method () is disclosed. It includes: delivering () a container via a rail car on train rails to a terminal; assigning () a corridor as to where to deliver the container, the corridor including a plurality of pathways in proximity to a track side location, each pathway including a containment cavity configured to receive a first handoff of the container from a crane to a first pathway and provide a second handoff of the container from the first pathway to a hauler, the plurality of pathways being substantially adjacent, aligned and in parallel and being configured at an angle of about 15 degrees or more to the train rails; picking () with a crane the container from a rail car and placing the container in the containment cavity comprising the first handoff in the corridor; and handing-off the container in the containment cavity of a pathway to a hauler comprising the second handoff, for facilitating transporting the container from the terminal to a desired remote destination via a hauler. The method provides an efficient, effective and semi-automated post-blocking method, such that each post-blocked group of containers has a similar desired remote destination, so that the containers can be easily located, loaded, handed-off and transported to a desired location.