Loading system for securing cargo in the bed of a vehicle
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsRobert Antonelli, David Harper, Dennis M. Pape, Wayne L. Reed, Richard W. Seeman
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Abstract
A loading system for securing cargo with, typically, at least two spaced forwardly located pin and receptacle assemblies and at least two spaced rearwardly located tensioning systems.
Claims26
A loading system for securing cargo, the system comprising:
- at least two spaced forwardly located pin and receptacle assemblies each including:
- a pin biased outward with respect to a housing fixed to one of the cargo and a vehicle, and
- a receptacle on the other of the cargo and the vehicle for receiving the pin to pre-load the cargo and to secure the cargo in vertical and transverse directions;
- and
- at least two spaced rearwardly located tensioning systems each including:
- a member securable to one of the cargo and the vehicle,
- a pivoting clamp handle secured to the other of the cargo and the vehicle for tensioning the member, and
- a member guide which orients the member at an angle with respect to the vertical direction to secure the cargo in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
A loading system for securing a folding command table in the bed of a vehicle, the folding command table including an aft section, a forward section, an intermediate section hinged to the forward section and the aft section, and at least one bracket upstanding from the proximal end of the forward section supporting the distal end of the aft section when the aft section is folded up and over the forward section, the loading system comprising:
- at least two spaced forwardly located pin and receptacle assemblies each including:
- a receptacle on the table located proximate the intersection of the bracket and the forward section of the table, and
- a pin biased outward with respect to a housing fixed to the forward section of the vehicle bed, the pin received in the receptacle to secure the table in the vertical and transverse directions;
- and
- at least two spaced rearwardly located clamping systems each including:
- a clamp plate secured to the intermediate section of the table,
- a clamp handle pivotable with respect to the clamp plate,
- a strap tensioner pivotably connected to the handle,
- a strap extending between the strap tensioner and the vehicle, and
- a strap guide fixed to the clamp plate below the clamp handle to orient the strap to secure the cargo in both the vertical and horizontal directions.
A loading system comprising:
- at least one pin and receptacle assembly including a pin biased outwardly with respect to a housing and a receptacle for receiving the pin to pre-load cargo and secure the cargo in the vertical and transverse directions;
- and
- at least one tensioning system for securing the cargo in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
A loading system comprising:
- a first assembly configured to pre-load cargo in the horizontal direction and to secure the cargo in the vertical and transverse directions;
- and
- a tensioning assembly including a strap, a pivoting clamp handle for tensioning the strap, and a strap guide which orients the strap at an angle to secure the cargo in both the vertical and horizontal connections.
A loading system comprising:
- first means for securing cargo in the vertical and transverse directions and for pre-loading the cargo in the horizontal direction;
- and
- second means for securing the cargo in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.