Cargo organizer with hand-rotatable camming fingers
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorFrederick W. Masanek, Jr.
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Abstract
Four cargo organizers may be formed into a cargo containment system using boards of one or two standard sizes of milled lumber and of varying lengths. To attach a board to a cargo organizer, a bottom of the board is placed on a sill that extends rearwardly of a cargo organizer wall. The board is rotated upwardly until its width is in a vertical position. Then, each of plural camming fingers is turned within a respective finger hole, the holes being selected by the user for the width of the board in question. An elongate blade of each camming finger helps affix the top of the board to a rear face of the organizer wall.
Claims17
A cargo organizer adapted to be assembled to a board having a predetermined board width and a predetermined board thickness, the cargo organizer comprising:
- a vertical wall aligned to a yz plane and having an inner surface adapted to receive an item of cargo and an outer surface opposed to the inner surface and displaced therefrom in an x direction, the x direction being horizontal, a y direction being horizontal and at right angles to the x direction, a z direction being vertical;
- a board channel extending outwardly in alignment to the x direction from the outer surface of the vertical wall and defining an upwardly facing surface for receiving the board;
- a finger hole formed through the vertical wall to extend inwardly from the outer surface of the vertical wall, an axis of the finger hole aligned with the x direction and having a height above the upwardly facing surface of the board channel that is greater than the predetermined board width;
- a finger inserted into the finger hole to be disposed on and rotatable around the axis, the finger having a forward portion extending forwardly from the outer surface of the vertical wall, a central portion joined to the forward portion and extending rearwardly from the outer surface of the vertical wall, and a blade portion joined to the central portion and extending rearwardly therefrom;
- the central portion having a thickness from the axis that is no more than a predetermined radius throughout an axial sector that extends for at least 90 degrees around the axis and that includes a predetermined radial direction, a length of the central portion along the axis between the forward portion and the blade portion being greater than the predetermined board thickness;
- the blade portion having a radial length in the predetermined radial direction from the axis that is greater than the predetermined radius, a width of the blade portion at right angles to the length of the blade portion being no more than twice the predetermined radius, such that when the finger is rotated so that the predetermined radial direction is downward, the finger will capture the board, and such that when the finger is rotated such that the predetermined radial direction is horizontal, the board may be disassembled from the organizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.