US 11,939,151 B1
Dunnage assembly
Timothy D. Underwood, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Andrew S. Coombs, LaPlata, MD (US)
Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Indian Head, MD (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/873,956.
Int. Cl. B65D 90/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 90/004 (2013.01) [B65D 2590/0058 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dunnage assembly configured for use within a shipping container, comprising:
a plurality of dunnage sections being removably attached to each other, wherein each of the plurality of dunnage sections comprises a plurality of tubes and a plurality of tube collars that support the plurality of tubes such that the plurality of tubes are substantially parallel to each other, wherein each of the plurality tube collars includes a plurality of thru-holes therein, wherein each of the plurality of thru-holes is sized to receive a portion of said each of the plurality of tubes, and wherein said each of the plurality of tubes includes an interior region sized to receive a longitudinally extending item and being substantially coaxially aligned with a tube of an adjacent dunnage section.