Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.

Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.

Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.

Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.

Abstract: A returnable crate (10) for heavy durable goods in which a base frame (12) includes stringers (20, 22) secured together by slats (24, 26) and a pair of opposing end frame assemblies (14, 16) that have posts (48) that pivotally connect to respective distal ends of the stringers. Locking collars (90) are slidably received on the posts (48) and move between a locking position and a pivoting position. The locking collars hold the end frame assemblies (14, 16) in a set-up position extending substantially perpendicularly from the base frame (12) and a pivoted position with the end frame assemblies folded down towards the base frame. Side diagonals (58) connect between pivot brackets (52) and the posts (48) in the end frame assemblies (14, 16). The locking collars (90) and side members (58) hold the end frame assemblies (14, 16) in the set-up configuration for shipment of the heavy durable good.