Cargo securement system
OwnerThomas G. Longinventor
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Abstract
A securement system for cargo containers comprising a plurality of structural members adapted for mounting within the container, such as a truck trailer, a railroad boxcar, or a portable container, to cooperate with support members such as beams, to secure the cargo within the container. The structural members may be mounted on the walls of the container, using auxiliary locking devices, or may be free-standing adjacent to the cargo. The structural members have components including recesses or openings adapted to be interengaged with a plurality of the support members which extend transversely or longitudinally of the container in order to hold the cargo in place. The structural members preferably extend vertically within the container.
Claims17
In a securement system comprising a cargo container for holding cargo having a floor and side walls, said container extending in a longitudinal direction and said side walls also extending in a longitudinal direction and being transversely opposite each other;
- the improvement comprising elongated structural members extending vertically from said floor, and rigid support members interengaged with said structural members, each of said structural members being generally in the form of a one piece longitudinally extending parallepiped having front, rear and side faces, a plurality of integral lateral walls extending to said rear face and between said side faces across approximately the entire width of said front face, said lateral walls and segments of said rear and side faces forming pockets defining separate vertically aligned like recesses, at least a first support member having an end inserted within a first respective recess for interengaging said structural members for bracing said cargo, said recesses having a cross-sectional shape in a plane parallel to said front face conforming to the cross-sectional shape of said support members, said rear face of each of said structural members comprising a vertically extending strip, said side faces having cutout areas offset vertically from said recesses, segments of said strip and said cutout areas defining openings, and at least a second of said support members inserted within a respective opening for additional bracing of said cargo.
In a securement system comprising a cargo container for holding cargo having a floor and side walls, said container extending in a longitudinal direction and said side walls also extending in a longitudinal direction and being transversely opposite each other, said system including support members;
- the improvement comprising elongated structural members extending vertically from said floor, each of said structural members being generally in the form of a one piece longitudinally extending parallelepiped having front, rear and side faces, a plurality of integral lateral walls extending to said rear face and between said side faces across approximately the entire width of said front face, said lateral walls and segments of said rear and side faces forming pockets defining vertically aligned like recesses, said recesses adapted to interengage with the ends of support members and having a cross-sectional shape in a plane parallel to said front face adapted to conform to the cross-sectional face of said support members, each of said structural members further comprising a vertically extending strip on said rear face, said side faces having cutout areas offset vertically from said recesses, segments of said strip and said cutout areas defining openings adapted to receive respective ones of said support members.
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