Vehicle hold-down system
AssigneeAeroquip Corporation
InventorsCharles F. Crissy, John D. Boland
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Abstract
A system for immobilizing vehicles having pneumatic tires during shipment utilizing tire chocks on each side of the tire and a flexible web harness passing over the tire upper circumference having ends affixed to the chocks. A winch mounted upon one chock tensions the harness while a quick-release fitting at the other end of the harness attaches to the other chock. The configuration of the quick-release fitting, the type of tensioning winch employed, the relationship of the winch to its associated chock and the construction of the harness are all features of the invention.
Claims9
A vehicle hold-down system for vehicles supported on pneumatic tires having a circumference comprising, in combination, a tire supporting surface, first and second chock means fixed adjacent said supporting surface on opposite sides of the tire in alignment with the tire circumference, a flexible harness adapted to be placed over the tire upper circumference, said harness including first and second straps and a central region, harness tension means interconnecting said first strap to said first chock, a quick release fitting attached to said second strap, said fitting comprising a flat plate, an opening within said plate, anchor means defined on said second chock, said anchor means being received within said fitting opening for attaching said second strap to said second chock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.