Automobile transport skid
AssigneeGatewood Products, LLC
InventorsCraig Arnold, Larry G. Gross, Amos Totten
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Abstract
An end cap attached to an end of skid for rolling a vehicle through the end cap and on to or off of the skid, the end cap having at least one channel extending through the end cap wherein each channel of the end cap is aligned with one channel in the top of the platform of the skid for holding the wheels of the vehicle. The end cap is attached to the top of a platform of a skid. In addition, the end cap can be designed and manufactured in either multiple segments or as a single component. The end cap may optionally have a vertical extension extending down from one side of the end cap and attaching to the bottom of the platform, thereby covering an end of the skid.
Claims12
A skid for storing and transporting a vehicle having at least one wheel, comprising:
- a platform having a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, and one or more channels extending longitudinally in said top of said platform;
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- an end cap rigidly secured to said first end of said platform having at least one channel extending through said end cap wherein each said channel of said end cap is aligned with one said channel in said top of said platform;
- wherein said end cap is a single component comprising an elongated bar having a first end, a second end, a first side and a second side, wherein said elongated bar extends from said first side of said platform to said second side of said platform.
A skid for storing and transporting a vehicle having at least one wheel, comprising:
- a platform having a top a bottom, a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, and one or more channels extending longitudinally in said top of said platform;
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- an end cap rigidly secured to said first end of said platform having at least one channel extending through said end cap wherein each said channel of said end cap is aligned with one said channel in said top of said platform,
- wherein said end cap is generally U-shaped and open downwards and further comprising a means for attaching to said top of said platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.