Dunnage bar

A dunnage bar construction comprising

• an elongated tubular bar of rectangular cross-section having an inner wall, an outer wall and two side walls,
• said inner wall having an elongated slot extending lengthwise of said bar,
• a reinforcement for said bar,
• said reinforcement comprising an elongated channel extending lengthwise within said bar,
• said channel having a flat bottom wall spaced from and parallel to said inner and outer walls of said bar and side flanges extending toward the inner wall of the bar and secured to the side walls thereof,
• said channel and said inner wall defining a pocket and said channel and the side walls and outer wall of said bar defining a space,
• a dunnage strip received in said pocket having a nose portion projecting through said slot,
• said reinforcement also including an elongated brace of inverted, generally U-shape within said space extending lengthwise of said bar,
• said brace having a flat base in full surface-to-surface contact with and secured to the flat bottom wall of said channel, and
• said brace having side flanges extending from said base into contact with said bar at the intersections of said outer wall and said side walls thereof.