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US 12,240,687 B2Granted
Security cage enclosure structure for a cargo carrier
AssigneeEtrailer Corporation
InventorsCraig Obermark, Daniel Perotti, Brenden McIntyre
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Abstract
An enclosure structure in the form of a security cage is attached to a top surface of a cargo carrier as the security cage is assembled on the top surface of the cargo carrier. The assembled security cage enclosure structure encloses and secures objects supported on the cargo carrier in an interior volume of the security cage enclosure structure. The construction of the security cage enclosure structure eliminates the need for separate fastener assemblies to attach the assembled security cage enclosure structure to the top surface of the cargo carrier.
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A method of assembling an enclosure structure to a cargo carrier, the method comprising:
- positioning a first part and a second part of an enclosure structure on a top surface of a cargo carrier;
- assembling the first part and the second part of the enclosure structure together with a vertical portion of a first projection on the first part projecting beneath the top surface of the cargo carrier and with a horizontal portion of the first projection extending underneath the top surface of the cargo carrier, and with a vertical portion of a second projection on the second part projecting beneath the top surface of the cargo carrier and with a horizontal portion of the second projection extending underneath the top surface of the cargo carrier.
An enclosure for a cargo carrier, the enclosure comprising:
- an enclosure structure having a bottom surface, the bottom surface being configured to engage on a top surface of a cargo carrier;
- a first projection on the enclosure structure, the first projection having a vertical portion that projects from the bottom surface of the enclosure structure to a position beneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure and beneath a top surface of a cargo carrier when the bottom surface of the enclosure structure is engaged on the top surface of the cargo carrier;
- the first projection having a horizontal portion that is unitary with and extends from the vertical portion of the first projection to a position underneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure and underneath the top surface of the cargo carrier when the bottom surface of the enclosure structure is engaged on the top surface of a cargo carrier;
- a second projection on the enclosure structure, the second projection having a vertical portion that projects from the bottom surface of the enclosure structure to a position beneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure and beneath the top surface of the cargo carrier when the bottom surface of the enclosure structure is engaged on the top surface of the cargo carrier;
- the second projection having a horizontal portion that is unitary with and extends from the vertical portion of the second projection to a position underneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure and underneath the top surface of the cargo carrier when the bottom surface of the enclosure structure is engaged on the top surface of the cargo carrier;
- whereby the enclosure structure is attached to the top surface of the cargo carrier by the horizontal portion of the first projection and the horizontal portion of the second projection extending underneath the top surface of the cargo carrier.
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An enclosure for a cargo carrier, the enclosure comprising:
- an enclosure structure, the enclosure structure having an interior volume that is enclosed by the enclosure structure, the enclosure structure having an opening at a bottom of the enclosure structure, the opening providing access to the interior volume of the enclosure structure through the opening;
- a bottom surface on the enclosure structure, the bottom surface having a configuration of a border surface that extends entirely around an outer perimeter of the opening of the enclosure structure, the bottom surface being positioned in a single bottom plane, the bottom surface being configured to engage in surface contact with a top surface of a cargo carrier;
- a first projection unitary with the enclosure structure, the first projection having a vertical portion that projects in a perpendicular orientation from the bottom surface of the enclosure structure to a position beneath the bottom surface, the first projection having a horizontal portion that is unitary with and extends in a perpendicular orientation from the vertical portion to a position underneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure;
- a second projection unitary with the enclosure structure, the second projection having a vertical portion that projects in a perpendicular orientation from the bottom surface of the enclosure structure to a position beneath the bottom surface, the second projection having a horizontal portion that is unitary with and extends in a perpendicular orientation from the vertical portion of the second projection to a position underneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure;
- whereby with the bottom surface of the enclosure structure engaged in surface contact with a top surface of a cargo carrier, the vertical portions of the first projection and the second projection project from the bottom surface of the enclosure structure to positions beneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure and beneath the top surface of the cargo carrier, and the horizontal portions of the first projection and the second projection extend from the vertical portions of the first projection and the second projection to positions underneath the bottom surface of the enclosure structure and underneath the top surface of the cargo carrier and attach the enclosure structure to the cargo carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.