System and Method For Partitioning Cargo Areas
AssigneeFG Products, Inc.
InventorsRoger Nelson, Chad Nelson
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Abstract
An improved bulkhead and partition system in which at least two panels are independently attached to mounting members such that each panel can be moved independently. In a preferred embodiment, two bulkheads or panels are slidably attached to separate pairs of ceiling-mounted rails in a refrigerated trailer such that each bulkhead or panel can be independently slid toward the front of a trailer or toward the rear of a trailer to define, in cooperation with a removable center partition wall, a plurality of different cargo areas to be maintained at different temperatures.
Claims21
1-18. (canceled)
A method for using panels in a cargo space of a trailer, comprising:
- arranging first and second panels in a cargo space of a trailer to a first operative position so that the first and second panels are positioned laterally to one another in the cargo space, each of the first and second panels extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the trailer, and each of the first and second panels being coupled to a mounting system that is attached to at least one of a wall or a ceiling of the cargo space;
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- independently moving the first panel relative to the second panel in the cargo space, the first panel having a first degree of freedom to be moved independently from the second panel in a longitudinal direction, and the first panel having a second degree of freedom to be raised independently from the second panel.
A method for using panels in a cargo space of a trailer, comprising:
- arranging a first panel in a cargo space of a trailer to a position that is spaced apart from and non-lateral to a second panel in the cargo space of the trailer, each of the first and second panels extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the trailer, and each of the first and second panels being coupled to a mounting system that is attached to at least one of a wall or a ceiling of the cargo space;
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- independently moving the first panel in a longitudinal direction relative to the second panel in the cargo space so that the first panel is positioned laterally to second panel in the cargo space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.