Container System and Container

Abstract

Freight container system comprising a first type of container and a second type container. The first type container comprises only corner posts and no further posts. The second type of container comprising mediate posts. Also is disclosed a freight container comprising mediate posts (8). Wherein the system allows for further possibilities of stacking than previously known freight containers. The disclosure is also related to a freight container.

1 . A freight container system, comprising a group of freight containers, each container of the system comprises a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, each side being at an angle of 90 degrees to an adjacent side,
 wherein the four corners of the freight containers have corner posts, wherein the corner posts are parallel to each other,   wherein the group of freight containers comprise a first type container,   wherein the first type container has a distance from one corner post centre line to a second corner post centreline being a predetermined distance along a respective parallel side of the first type container,   wherein the group of containers comprises a second type of container comprising one or more pairs of mediate posts,   wherein the second type container comprises a distance from the centre line of at least one pair of corner posts and/or a pair of mediate posts to a centreline of next pair of mediate post and/or a further pair of corner posts being equal to or larger than the predetermined distance.   
     
     
         2 . A freight container system, wherein when a first type container is positioned on top or below a second type container a first pair of corner posts of the first type container positioned in line with a pair of mediate posts of the second type of container, the second pair of corner posts of the first type container will be supported on a further pair of mediate posts or a further pair of corner posts of the second type container. 
     
     
         3 . The freight container system according to  claim 1 , wherein each mediate post of the second type container is arranged such that it is able to be loaded with higher load than a corner post of the said first type container and/or a corner post of the second type container, wherein the mediate post is configured to hold a higher load by increased dimension of the mediate post with the same material as compared with a corner post. 
     
     
         4 . The freight container system according to  claim 1 , wherein each mediate post of each second type container has a horizontal width in a first direction, that exceeds the width of a corner post of any of the containers in the container system, wherein the first direction is the same direction as a line drawn between two corner posts and extending through at least one mediate post of the second type container. 
     
     
         5 . The freight container system according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of any container of the system is the same. 
     
     
         6 . A freight container, wherein the freight container comprises having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, optionally an over side, an underside, each side being at an angle of 90 degrees to an adjacent side, wherein the four corners of the container have corner posts, wherein the corner posts are parallel to each other,
 the freight container further comprises at least one pair of mediate posts, wherein the mediate posts are positioned between the corner posts, wherein the distance between the centreline of a pair of mediate posts to a centreline of at least one of the corner posts pairs and/or to a further pair of mediate posts is larger than a predetermined distance, further the predetermined distance is not as small as a distance between the facing peripheries of two adjacent mediate posts and/or corner posts wherein a freight container having the predetermined distance between the corner posts of the container is configured to be supported by the pair of mediate posts and a further pair of mediate posts, or by the mediate posts, with one of the pairs of corner posts.   
     
     
         7 . The freight container according to  claim 2 , wherein each mediate post of the container is arranged such that it is able to be loaded with higher load than a corner post of the said first type container or a corner post of the second type container, wherein the mediate post is configured to hold higher load by increased dimension of the material of the mediate post compared with the material as compared with a corner post. 
     
     
         8 . The freight container according to  claim 6 , wherein each mediate post of the container has a horizontal width in a first direction, that exceeds the width of a corner post of the container, wherein the first direction is the same direction as a line drawn between two corner posts and extending through at least one mediate post of the container. 
     
     
         9 . The freight container according to  claim 6 , wherein the predetermined distance is arranged such that any ISO-container can be loaded on top of the container, as long as the container has the same or longer length than the ISO-container that is to be loaded on the container. 
     
     
         10 . The freight container according to  claim 6 , wherein the mediate posts are positioned between the corner posts on a respective long side, wherein the distances between the centrelines of the pair of mediate posts to the centrelines of at least one of the corner post pairs on a respective side as the respective mediate posts and/or to the further pair of mediate posts on the same long side are larger than the predetermined distance, further the predetermined distance is not as small as the distance between the facing peripheries of two adjacent mediate posts on the same long side and/or corner posts on the same long side. 
     
     
         11 . The freight container according to  claim 1 , further including an over side and an underside.