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The present invention provides a transportation frame for an oversize container or the like and a method of installing the frame onto the container or the like. The transportation frame includes a top frame body comprising two top corner fittings each provided with a top corner fitting hole, a botto

The present invention provides a transportation frame for an oversize container or the like and a method of installing the frame onto the container or the like. The transportation frame includes a top frame body comprising two top corner fittings each provided with a top corner fitting hole, a bottom frame body comprising two bottom corner fittings each provided with a bottom corner fitting hole, and a plurality of posts each having two ends connected to the top frame body and the bottom frame body respectively. The orientations of the two top corner fitting holes and the distance therebetween, and the orientations of the two bottom corner fitting holes and the distance therebetween satisfy the requirements for coupling with corner fittings of neighboring stacked containers. With the invention, non-standard containers may be easily hoisted, stacked and transported. Moreover, the transportation frame can be easily operated and stored while being reusable.

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What is claimed is: 1. A transportation frame for an oversize container, including: a top frame body comprising two top corner fittings positioned at its both sides respectively, each of the top corner fittings having a top corner fitting hole for cooperating with a container-crane or a twist lock

What is claimed is: 1. A transportation frame for an oversize container, including: a top frame body comprising two top corner fittings positioned at its both sides respectively, each of the top corner fittings having a top corner fitting hole for cooperating with a container-crane or a twist lock of a neighboring stacked container, upper surfaces of the two top corner fittings being in an identical horizontal plane and slightly higher than or being as high as an uppermost surface of the top frame body, exclusive of the top corner fittings; a bottom frame body comprising two bottom corner fittings positioned at its both sides respectively, each of the bottom corner fittings having a bottom corner fitting hole for cooperating with a twist lock of a neighboring stacked container, low surfaces of the two bottom corner fittings being in an identical horizontal plane and slightly lower than or being as low as a lowermost surface of the bottom frame body, exclusive of the bottom corner fittings; and a plurality of posts each having two ends respectively connected to the top frame body and the bottom frame body, wherein orientations of two top corner fitting holes in the two top corner fittings and a distance between the two top corner fitting holes, as well as orientations of two bottom corner fitting holes in the two bottom corner fittings and a distance between the two bottom corner fitting holes satisfy requirements for coupling with corner fittings of neighboring stacked containers, and orthographic projections of the two top corner fitting holes onto a horizontal plane coincide with those of the two bottom corner fitting holes onto the horizontal plane. 2. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 1, further including a tightening mechanism provided at an upper inner side of at least one of the posts, for preventing an upper portion of the container from being laterally displaced. 3. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 2, wherein the tightening mechanism includes: a plate member fixed to the upper inner side of the post and formed with a threaded through hole, a tightening bolt capable of engaging with the threaded through hole of the plate member, and a pressing block arranged at a front end of the tightening bolt, wherein a front end of the pressing block is contacted with the container, and a rear end of the pressing block is formed with a blind hole in which the front end of the tightening bolt is inserted with a radial clearance. 4. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 3, wherein the tightening mechanism is further cooperated with two stopping blocks which are fixedly connected to the container and clamp the pressing block therebetween for preventing a displacement of the transportation frame with respect to the container to be transported in the longitudinal direction of the container. 5. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 1, further including a container-connecting member at the bottom frame body or the posts for connecting with the container. 6. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 5, wherein the container-connecting member is an elongated piece with an “L”-shaped profile, and includes a wall to be connected with the oversize container in which a plurality of holes are formed so as to allow connection of the container-connecting member to the container by fasteners inserted through the corresponding holes. 7. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the posts are fixedly connected with the top frame body and the bottom frame body. 8. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 1, wherein the posts are detachably connected with the top frame body and the bottom frame body. 9. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 8, wherein the top frame body includes: a pair of lateral beams which are in parallel with each other and aligned with each other, a pair of top corner fitting supporters respectively located near both ends of the pair of lateral beams and connected to them, two top corner fittings respectively fixed to middle portions of the top corner fitting supporters, and connecting plates respectively provided at undersides of end portions of the lateral beams of the top frame body and formed with holes for connection; the bottom frame body includes: a pair of lateral beams which are in parallel with each other and aligned with each other, a pair of bottom corner fitting supporters respectively located near both ends of the pair of lateral beams and connected to them, two bottom corner fittings respectively fixed to middle portions of the bottom corner fitting supporters, and connecting plates respectively provided at upsides of end portions of the lateral beams of the bottom frame body and formed with holes for connection; the plurality of posts includes four posts, and each post is provided at its upper and lower ends with a connecting plate respectively for connecting with the connecting plate of the top frame body and the connecting plate of the bottom frame body, and each connecting plate of the post is formed with holes corresponding to the holes in the connecting plate of the top frame body or in the connecting plate of the bottom frame body; and the top frame body, the posts and the bottom frame body are fastened together by use of fasteners inserted through the holes in the corresponding connecting plates to thus form an integrated structure. 10. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 1, further including a reinforcing mechanism with a side connected to the lateral beam of the bottom frame body and another side connected to the container to be transported. 11. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 10, wherein the reinforcing mechanism includes: a bar, a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate, and wherein both ends of the bar are respectively connected to the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, and the first and second connecting plates are further respectively connected to the container to be transported and the lateral beam of the bottom frame body. 12. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 11, wherein in case that the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are connected with the container and the transportation frame by threaded fasteners, the bar is designed as a length adjustable structure comprising: two sleeves connected to the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate respectively and formed with internal threads of contrary styles, and a threaded rod which is connected to the two sleeves and has external threads formed at its two end portions respectively, the external threads at the two end portions of the threaded rod being contrary in their styles so that both ends of the threaded rod simultaneously enters into or retracts from the two sleeves when rotating the threaded rod. 13. The transportation frame for an oversize container as set forth in claim 10, wherein the reinforcing mechanism includes: a front connecting plate; two bars each having a first end connected to the front connecting plate; two rear connecting plates respectively connected to second ends of the two bars and also both connected to the lateral beam of the bottom frame body with a predetermined distance spaced from each other; a first generally semi-ring shaped member fixed to the front connecting plate; a second generally semi-ring shaped member to be cooperated with the first generally semi-ring shaped member; and fasteners for connecting the first and second generally semi-ring shaped members together, wherein inner surfaces of the first generally semi-ring shaped member and the second generally semi-ring shaped member are adapted to clamp a pin member projecting from a bottom of the container to be transported, the two rear connecting plates are formed with holes for connecting with the lateral beam of the bottom frame body, and each of the two bars includes: two sleeves connected to the front and rear connecting plates respectively and both formed with internal threads of contrary styles, and a threaded rod connected to the two sleeves with corresponding external threads formed at its two end portions respectively.