Load bracing device
OwnerDavid Edward Lutzinventor
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Abstract
A parallelogram load-bracing device particularly useful for bracing loads in trucks when the load consumes less than the space available in the truck. The device is suspended from the roof of the truck and includes a parallelogram frame having laterally movable load-engaging members attached thereto. The device is constructed in sections such that the device can be readily lengthened by adding additional sections. A single actuating means is located at one end of the device for expanding and contracting the device into and out of engagement with the load to be braced. Alternate embodiments include mounting laterally moving load-engaging members on the interior side walls of the truck.
Claims6
A load-bracing device for use in a load-carrying vehicle having side walls comprising at least one means mounted on one of the side walls of said vehicle for engaging and bracing a load, said load-engaging means comprising an elongated load-engaging member, hinge means connecting said load-engaging member to said one side wall for movement toward and away from said wall in parallelogram fashion and between a collapsed position and an expanded position, means for maintaining said load-engaging member in the expanded position, and a flexible panel connected at one end to the front end of the vehicle and at the other end to the end of the load member adjacent to said front end, said panel preventing objects from lodging between said front end and said adjacent end of said load-engaging member.
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