Carrier system for securing goods
OwnerAndrew C. Rehbeininventor
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Abstract
A carrier system for securing a load of material during transporting of the load. The carrier system can also be used to store materials. The carrier system includes at least one bracket assembly, generally at least one pair of opposed bracket assemblies. Two pairs of opposed bracket assemblies is a typical carrier system construction. Each bracket assembly has a retaining member, a sill member, and an optional brace member, which are moveable attached to a rail system. The carrier system can be used to secure various materials such as sheets of plywood, drywall, or insulation, lumber, windows, doors, pipes and tubing and the like.
Claims11
A carrier system comprising:
- (a) a first rail;
- and
- (b) a bracket assembly moveably attached to the first rail, the bracket assembly comprising:
- (i) a sill member constructed and adapted for releasable engagement with the first rail;
- (ii) a retaining member pivotally hinged to the sill member;
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- (iii) a brace member connecting the sill member and the retaining member.
A carrier system comprising:
- (a) a first rail and a second rail, the second rail being parallel to the first rail;
- (b) a first bracket assembly, a second bracket assembly, a third bracket assembly, and a fourth bracket assembly, each of the bracket assemblies comprising:
- (i) a sill member constructed and adapted for releasable engagement with one of the first rail and the second rail;
- (ii) a retaining member pivotally hinged to the sill member;
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- (iii) a brace member connecting the sill member and the retaining member;
- (c) the first bracket assembly and the second bracket assembly mounted on the first rail, and the third bracket assembly and the fourth bracket assembly mounted on the second rail;
- the first bracket assembly and the third bracket assembly being moveably mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.