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US 2013/0156524 A1Published application
Low-profile wheel chock assembly
AssigneeStandard Car Truck Company
InventorRobert Lee Bullock
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Abstract
A wheel chock body for a wheel chock that has low elevational profile. The low profile of a wheel chock allows it to be positioned under a vehicle the rocker panel of which has its lower edge only 148 mm (5.82 inches) above the surface upon which the vehicle's tire rests, so that the installed chock height is reduced to 47.6 mm (1.87 inches) under the components of the vehicle's body.
Claims44
A wheel chock body for a wheel chock assembly for a tire of a wheel of a vehicle on a deck of a transporter, said wheel chock body comprising:
- a heel including:
- (a) a heel top wall;
- (b) a heel first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the heel top wall, said heel first side wall partially defining a heel first chock-rail slot;
- (c) a heel second side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the heel top wall, said heel second side wall spaced apart from the heel first side wall a first distance along a first plane, said heel second side wall partially defining a heel second chock-rail-slot;
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- (d) a heel end wall connected to the heel top wall, the heel first side wall, and the heel second side wall;
- and
- a stepped toe including:
- (i) a toe lower portion including:
- (a) a toe lower portion top wall;
- (b) a toe lower portion first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the toe lower portion top wall;
- and
- (c) a toe lower portion second side wall, said toe lower portion second side wall spaced apart from the toe lower portion first side wall a second distance along a second plane;
- and
- (ii) a toe upper portion configured to receive part of a torque tube, said toe upper portion including:
- (a) a toe upper portion top wall;
- (b) a toe upper portion first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the toe upper portion top wall;
- and
- (c) a toe upper portion second side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the toe upper portion top wall, said toe upper portion second side wall spaced apart from the toe upper portion first side wall a third distance along a third plane,
- wherein the third distance is smaller than the first distance and the second distance.
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A wheel chock body for a wheel chock assembly for a tire of a wheel of a vehicle on a deck of a transporter, said wheel chock body comprising:
- a heel including:
- (i) a heel upper portion configured to partially receive a torque tube, said heel upper portion including:
- (a) a heel upper portion top wall;
- (b) a heel upper portion first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the heel upper portion top wall;
- (c) a heel upper portion second side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the heel upper portion top wall, said heel upper portion second side wall spaced apart from the heel upper portion first side wall;
- and
- (d) a heel upper portion end wall connected to the heel upper portion top wall, the heel upper portion first side wall, and the heel upper portion second side wall;
- and
- (ii) a heel lower portion including:
- (a) a heel lower portion first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the heel upper portion first side wall, said heel lower portion first side wall partially defining a heel first chock-rail slot;
- (b) a heel lower portion second side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the heel upper portion second side wall, said heel lower portion second side wall spaced apart from the heel lower portion first side wall a first distance along a first plane, said heel lower portion second side wall partially defining a heel second chock-rail-slot;
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- (c) a heel lower portion end wall connected to the heel upper portion end wall, the heel lower portion first side wall, and the heel lower portion second side wall;
- and
- a toe including:
- (i) a toe upper portion configured to partially receive the torque tube, said toe upper portion including:
- (a) a toe upper portion top wall;
- (b) a toe upper portion first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the toe upper portion top wall;
- and
- (c) a toe upper portion second side wall, said toe upper portion second side wall spaced apart from the toe upper portion first side wall a second distance along a second plane;
- and
- (ii) a toe lower portion including:
- (a) a toe lower portion first side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the toe upper portion first side wall;
- and
- (b) a toe lower portion second side wall connected to and extending downwardly from the toe upper portion second side wall, said toe lower portion second side wall spaced apart from the toe lower portion first side wall a third distance along a third plane,
- wherein the third distance is smaller than the first distance.
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