Abstract: The explosion resistant cargo container includes a frame including a main section and an angled projecting section, and is formed from a plurality of support members. The frame is covered with one or more explosion resistant sheets to form the explosion resistant side panels. The explosion resistant panels comprise a plurality of layers of explosion resistant sheets. The explosion resistant panels may also include a sheet of polycarbonate, and may also include padding or insulation placed between layers of the explosion resistant sheets. The side panels and flexible door comprise one or more of explosion resistant sheets, with one or more of the sheets of the plurality of explosion resistant sheets have edges wrapped around and secured to one or more mounting strips, with the edges of the plurality of explosion resistant sheets and mounting strips being bonded together. The mounting strips are currently preferably formed of metal, such as aluminum.

Abstract: A door for a container having a door frame with top, sides and bottom, the door having a flexible door panel with a top, sides and a bottom, with an arrangement for attaching the door panel top to the door frame top. Pulleys are attached to the door frame at the four corners of the frame. Three cables are carried by the door panel, with one cable anchored to the door frame at the lower right corner and running over the upper right pulley to a upper cable junction ring, a second cable anchored to the door frame at the lower left corner and running over the upper left pulley to the upper cable junction ring, a third cable having both ends joined to a lower cable junction ring and running over the lower right pulley and the lower left pulley, and a buckle having upper and lower ends connected to the upper and lower cable junction rings, respectively, and including a strap for tensioning the cables by drawing the upper and lower cable junction rings toward each other.

Abstract: A cargo container apparatus constructed of panels joined to a rigid framework so as to allow quick assembly and replacement of damaged panels without the use of conventional fasteners. In addition, the panels can undergo unrestricted expansion and contraction thereby allowing polycarbonate panels to be affixed to a rigid aluminum framework for use in environments experiencing a wide range of temperatures. This system is especially well-suited for the construction of air cargo containers.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling and storing baggage or cargo within an aircraft fuselage including a fuselage door and a plurality of storage platforms with each platform consisting of a flat rectangular base and two upwardly extending side walls closely juxataposed to the shape of the fuselage. The platforms are capable of stacking one atop another when not in use adjacent the fuselage door. Each platform can move longitudinally relative to the aircraft fuselage away from and back towards the fuselage door in a telescoping sequence such that the uppermost platform will move away from said stack first and such that the lowermost platform will always return to said stack first.