Travel Restrictor

A travel restrictor for restricting travel of a transport vehicle in a transport facility, the transport facility comprising a travel rail and the transport vehicle, the travel rail having a travel surface facing upward and a lower rail surface disposed below the travel surface and facing downward, the transport vehicle comprising a wheel to roll on the travel surface of the travel rail, a drive for the wheel, and a bumper disposed above the travel surface to stop the drive upon colliding with an obstacle, the transport vehicle configured to travel along the travel rail, the travel restrictor comprising:

• a body placeable on the travel surface;
• at least one engagement member disposed to face the lower rail surface;
• and
• at least one connector integrally connecting the body and the at least one engagement member outside the travel surface in a width direction perpendicular to a travel direction when viewed in a vertical direction, the travel direction being a direction along the travel rail, and
• wherein:
• the body comprises a facing surface and a supportable portion,
• with the body placed on the travel surface, the facing surface is disposed to face the bumper from a separating side away from the bumper in the travel direction, and the supportable portion is supportable by the travel surface when the facing surface is pressed toward the separating side in the travel direction by the bumper,
• the at least one engagement member is configured to be in contact with the lower rail surface at a position farther on an approaching side toward the bumper in the travel direction than the facing surface and the supportable portion when the facing surface is pressed by the bumper toward the separating side in the travel direction.