US 12,441,441 B2
Self-deploying apparatus for attaching a lashing to a container
James V. Maher, Houston, TX (US); Rick Brown, Houston, TX (US); Jeffrey Daniels, Houston, TX (US); Daniel McCelvey, Houston, TX (US); Ben Kubichek, Houston, TX (US); Jon Kersey, Houston, TX (US); and Steven Tran, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 19/119,051
Filed by Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 17, 2024, PCT No. PCT/US2024/051813
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2025,
PCT Pub. No. WO2025/085660, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 25, 2025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/544,791, filed on Oct. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0263150 A1, Aug. 21, 2025
Int. Cl. B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B63B 25/24 (2006.01); B63B 25/28 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 25/24 (2013.01) [B63B 25/28 (2013.01); B63B 2025/285 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lashing apparatus for deploying a lashing on cargo ships and securing shipping containers, comprising:
a support capable of interfacing with an interlocking system of one or more shipping containers, wherein the support includes an overhang portion that is configured to hang over a longitudinal end of the one or more shipping containers when the interlocking system interfaces with the one or more shipping containers;
a motorized pull-in winch attached to the support;
a pull-in line attached to the motorized pull-in winch;
electronics circuitry configured to drive the motorized pull-in winch for lifting or lowering the pull-in line;
a plug attached to the pull-in line;
a fastening line;
a releasable connector, wherein the fastening line is selectively couplable to the plug via the releasable connector; and
a lock provided in the overhang portion, the lock including a socket that is configured to receive and retain the plug.