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US 10,435,042 B1Granted
Modular cargo containment systems, assemblies, components, and methods
OwnerRonald T. Weymouthinventor
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Abstract
To provide a better way of protecting cargo on flatbed trucks, railcars, and so forth, the present inventor, devised among other things a cargo containment system formed from a set of interconnectable weatherproof panels that can be configured to define a rectilinear containment structure over and around a volume of cargo.
Claims9
A bottomless stacked cargo containment assembly configured to encircle a volume of cargo on a flatbed truck or railcar, the assembly comprising:
- a first perimeter wall structure including first and second pairs of complementary wall panels fastened together via a first set of latch members;
- a second perimeter wall structure including third and fourth pairs of complementary wall panels fastened together via a second set of latch members, the second perimeter wall structure stacked on top of the first perimeter wall structure and fastened thereto by a third set of latch members to define a stack;
- wherein the first perimeter wall structure is the lowermost portion of the stack and has no bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.