Device and method for securing cargo
AssigneeCardinal Logistics Management Corporation
InventorCharles Douglas Robinson, JR.
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Abstract
A device and method for securing cargo to vertical logistics posts on a side of a transportation vehicle. The device comprises a rail with a plurality of slots, an adjustable slide for adjusting the overall horizontal length of the device to fit between irregularly spaced gaps of parallel vertical logistics posts, and clips that are inserted and removably retained in corresponding receiving spaces of vertical logistics posts. Cargo is secured to the device through the slots on the rail. The device provides ease of relocation and adjustment for irregular gaps between vertical logistics posts.
Claims15
A movable and adjustable logistics device comprising:
- a. a rail with a plurality of slots, having a top portion, a bottom portion, a first lateral end, a second lateral end, a first surface and a second surface;
- b. an adjustable slide coupled to and abutting the second surface of the rail, configured to be extended and retracted in order to adjust the horizontal length of the device;
- c. a first clip attached to the first lateral end of the device;
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- d. a second clip attached to the adjustable slide and oriented near the second lateral end of the device, wherein the first and second clip are inserted and removably retained in the receiving spaces of logistics posts, wherein the movable and adjustable logistics device, via the first and second clips, is configured to be mounted between two vertical logistic posts in both a substantially perpendicular relationship with the two vertical logistic posts and in a diagonal relationship with the two vertical logistic posts.
A method for securing cargo to receiving spaces of vertical or horizontal logistics posts mounted on a side of a transportation vehicle using a movable and adjustable logistics device, the method comprising:
- a. providing the movable and adjustable logistics device, the movable and adjustable logistics device comprising:
- i. a rail with a plurality of slots, having a top portion, a bottom portion, a first lateral end, a second lateral end, a first surface and a second surface;
- ii. an adjustable slide coupled to and abutting the second surface of the rail, configured to be extended and retracted in order to adjust the horizontal length of the device;
- iii. a first clip attached to the first lateral end of the device in a rotatable manner;
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- iv. a second clip attached to the adjustable slide in a rotatable manner and oriented near the second lateral end of the device;
- b. inserting the first clip into a first receiving space of a first of the two vertical or horizontal logistics posts;
- c. rotating the movable and adjustable logistics device around the first clip until the second clip is near a second receiving space of the second of the two vertical or horizontal logistic posts;
- d. rotating the second clip to align with the second receiving space of the second vertical or horizontal logistics post;
- e. inserting the second clip into a second receiving space of the second vertical or horizontal logistics post;
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- f. securing cargo to the side of the transportation vehicle through at least one of the plurality of slots of the rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.