System and method for partitioning cargo areas
OwnerRoger Nelson, Chad Nelsoninventors
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Abstract
An improved bulkhead and partition system in which at least two panels are independently attached to mounting members such that each panel can be moved independently. In a preferred embodiment, two bulkheads or panels are slidably attached to separate pairs of ceiling-mounted rails in a refrigerated trailer such that each bulkhead or panel can be independently slid toward the front of a trailer or toward the rear of a trailer to define, in cooperation with a removable center partition wall, a plurality of different cargo areas to be maintained at different temperatures. Alternatively, two bulkheads or panels may advantageously operate without a center partition wall such that the panels may be placed side by side and fastened together to make a full-width bulkhead.
Claims13
An apparatus for separating cargo areas in a refrigerated trailer, comprising:
- first and second panels, each panel extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the trailer, the panels abutting one another along adjacent peripheral edges of the panels when in a first operative position;
- a first mounting mechanism adapted to hingedly and slideably engage the first panel such that the first panel can be rotated about a lateral axis and slid in a longitudinal direction, at least a part of said first mounting mechanism being fixedly attached to at least one of a wall or a ceiling of a cargo space;
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- a second mounting mechanism adapted to hingedly and slideably engage the second panel such that the second panel can be rotated about a lateral axis and slid in the longitudinal direction, at least a part of said second mounting mechanism being fixedly attached to at least one of a wall or a ceiling of the cargo space;
- whereby the panels can be hingedly raised independently and the first and second mounting mechanisms can be moved independently in the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.