Cargo system with restraint bar
AssigneesBrooks & Perkins, Incorporated, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsFaisal A. Naffa, Rudolph Messerschmidt
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Abstract
A cargo container having opposed horizontally elongated vertically extend side walls, a floor, and a roof, and pre-assembled panel constructions comprising vertically corrugated sheet metal walls surrounded at top, bottom and both ends with extruded edge caps. The ends of the top and bottom caps carry adjustable corner abutment bolts which are advanced into contact with corner posts present on the container and are welded in place. The corrugated walls of the panel are bolted to the walls of the container to provide a substantially unitary wall-panel combination. The panels are provided with a multiplicity of openings for receiving the ends of removable restraint bars.
Claims27
A cargo carrier having a floor, a top wall, opposed side walls, and vertical posts at the corners thereof, a pair of pre-assembled panels permanently secured to the side walls and connected to said posts, each of said panels comprising rigid top and bottom caps extending horizontally for the full length of each panel, and rigid end caps extending vertically at the ends of each panel, said caps being rigidly connected together at their ends to form a rigid rectangular frame, a panel skin of corrugated metal entirely covering the space between said caps, the corrugations of said skin extending vertically to define a multiplicity of vertical elongated channels and interposed ribs exposed at the inboard sides of the panel, a multiplicity of belt rails extending horizontally between said end caps and secured thereto in spaced apart relation at the inboard side of said panel, said rails having latch receiving openings in registration with said channels, and cargo restraint bars dimensioned to extend across the space between said panels and having latch means releasably received in opposed openings in said belt rails.
A panel for attachment to the side wall of a cargo carrier and dimensioned to substantially cover such wall, said panel comprising rigid top and bottom caps extending horizontally for the full length of each panel, and rigid end caps extending vertically at the ends of each panel, said caps being rigidly connected together at their ends to form a rigid rectangular frame, a panel skin of corrugated metal entirely covering the space between said caps, the corrugations of said skin extending vertically to define a multiplicity of vertical elongated channels and interposed ribs exposed at the inboard sides of the panel, a multiplicity of belt rails extending horizontally between said end caps and secured thereto in spaced apart relation at the inboard side of said panel, said rails having latch-receiving openings in registration with said channels.
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