Load bar for a truck trailer
AssigneeStrick Trailers, LLC
InventorKevin Seitz
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Abstract
A transportation vessel includes a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall. A load bar has a first end and a second end. The load bar is movable between a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation. In the horizontal orientation, the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is attached to the second sidewall, and the load bar may support cargo while the cargo is being transported in the transportation vessel. In the vertical orientation, the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is unattached to the second sidewall.
Claims20
A transportation vessel, comprising:
- a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall;
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- a load bar having a first end and a second end, the load bar being movable between:
- a horizontal orientation in which the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is attached to the second sidewall, and in which the load bar is configured to support cargo while the cargo is being transported in the transportation vessel;
- and
- a vertical orientation in which the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is unattached to the second sidewall.
A transportation vessel, comprising:
- a first sidewall having a vertical track associated therewith;
- a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall;
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- a load bar having a first end and a second end, the first end being retained in and slidable within the vertical track, the load bar being movable between:
- a horizontal orientation in which the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is attached to the second sidewall, and in which the load bar is configured to support cargo while the cargo is being transported in the transportation vessel;
- and
- a vertical orientation in which the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is unattached to the second sidewall.
A transportation vessel, comprising:
- a first sidewall having a first vertical track associated therewith;
- a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall and having a second vertical track associated therewith;
- and
- a load bar having a first end and a second end, the first end being retained in and slidable within the first vertical track, the second end being retained in and slidable within the second vertical track, the load bar being movable between:
- a horizontal orientation in which the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is attached to the second sidewall, and in which the load bar is configured to support cargo while the cargo is being transported in the transportation vessel;
- and
- a vertical orientation in which the first end is attached to the first sidewall and the second end is unattached to the second sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.