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US 12,623,827 B2Granted
Rail support assembly for a transportation or storage container
AssigneeBradford Company
InventorWilliam J. Vroon
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Abstract
A dunnage support assembly for a transportation or storage container may include pair of panels each defining a flange at a top end thereof, the panels being configured to be received within a transportation or storage container with the flanges of the panels supported on and by respective, opposite side walls of the container, and means for coupling the flanges to the respective side walls. One or more transverse support rails are secured to the each panel and are configured to support a plurality of dunnage pouches therebetween and slidable relative thereto. In some embodiments the panels may be provided in the form of at least two panel strips each defining a respective flange at a top end thereof.
Claims20
A dunnage support assembly for a transportation or storage container, comprising:
- a first panel defining a first flange at a top end thereof, the first flange running at least partially along a length of the first panel, the first panel configured to be received within a transportation or storage container with the first flange received on a top edge of one side wall thereof such that the first panel is supported by the first flange on and by the one side wall,
- a first plurality of elongated securement members affixed to, or configured to extend through, the first flange, such that each of the first plurality of elongated securement members is positioned along the first flange so as to extend into a corresponding one of a plurality of openings formed in the top edge of the one side wall as the first flange is received on the top edge of the one side wall,
- a second panel defining a second flange at a top end thereof, the second flange running at least partially along a length of the second panel, the second panel configured to be received within the transportation or storage container with the second flange received on a top edge of another side wall, opposite the one side wall, such that the second panel is supported by the second flange on and by the another side wall,
- a second plurality of elongated securement members affixed to, or configured to extend through, the second flange, such that each of the second plurality of elongated securement members is positioned along the second flange so as to extend into a corresponding one of a plurality of openings formed in the top edge of the another side wall as the second flange is received on the top edge of the another side wall,
- one or more first elongated support rails secured to the first panel and oriented to be substantially parallel with the top edge of the one side wall, and
- one or more second elongated support rails secured to the second panel and oriented to be substantially parallel with the top edge of the another sidewall, wherein opposing pairs of the one or more first and second elongated support rails are configured to support a respective plurality of dunnage pouches therebetween and slidable relative thereto.
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A dunnage support assembly for a transportation or storage container, comprising:
- a first assembly including:
- first and second elongated support strips spaced apart from one another, the first elongated support strip defining a first flange at a top end thereof and the second elongated strip defining a second flange at a top end thereof,
- one or more first elongated support rails secured transversely to and between the first and second support strips, the first assembly configured to be received within a transportation or storage container with the first and second flanges received on a top edge of one side wall thereof such that the first assembly is supported by the first and second flanges on and by the one side wall, and
- means for coupling the first and second flanges to the one side wall, and a second assembly including:
- third and fourth elongated support strips spaced apart from one another, the third elongated support strip defining a third flange at a top end thereof and the fourth elongated strip defining a fourth flange at a top end thereof,
- one or more second elongated support rails secured transversely to and between the third and fourth support strips, the second assembly configured to be received within the transportation or storage container with the third and fourth flanges received on a top edge of another side wall thereof, opposite the one side wall, such that the second assembly is supported by the third and fourth flanges on and by the another side wall, and
- means for coupling the third and fourth flanges to the another side wall,
- wherein the one or more first elongated support rails and the one or more second elongated support rails are configured to support a plurality of dunnage pouches therebetween and slidable relative thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.