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US 4,281,951 AGranted
Container pedestal supplemental lock
AssigneeACF Industries, Incorporated
InventorsThomas B. Baker, Richard J. Mandrell
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Abstract
In a container pedestal (10) a supplemental lock (42) is movable to a weighted position tending to maintain the spring (34) biased pedestal latch (22) from pivoting into a position to allow entry or exit of containers (C) from the pedestal.
Claims12
In a container pedestal including a base and a spring biased latch pivotably mounted about a horizontal axis and having a nose extending through an opening in the pedestal;
- said nose including upper and lower inclined surfaces which are engaged by the container respectively as the container enters the pedestal and exits from the pedestal;
- the improvement comprising:
- a supplemental locking member extending horizontally through an opening in said base;
- said supplemental locking member including a movable lug rotatable to a weighted position engaging a fixed lug on the pedestal;
- thereby tending to prevent the latch from pivoting about its horizontal axis to allow exit or entry of containers.
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A container pedestal comprising:
- a base supporting a horizontal container support surface and a pair of vertical container guide surfaces;
- a spring biased latch pivotably mounted about a horizontal axis including a nose extending through an opening in one of said vertical guide surfaces;
- said nose including upper and lower inclined surfaces;
- said upper surface engaged by the container as the container enters the pedestal, and said lower surface engaged by the container as it exits from the pedestal;
- a supplemental locking member extending horizontally through an opening in said base;
- said supplemental locking member including a movable lug which is rotatable to a weighted position engaging a fixed lug on said pedestal;
- thereby tending to prevent said latch from pivoting about its horizontal axis to allow exit or entry of containers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.